Hi,
Not a problem for us (Walt Tenay Keyboard Studios) Play Like A Pro Series are all Legit, registered by the original artist with the appropriate licensing fees paid.
Scott you shouldn't make an assumption just because were selling on Ebay. You should have read the complete listing.
However we are all going to jail if you play professional, use midi seq, Technics sequencing your own arrangement of any copyright songs that you play and have not paid your "dues" Big Brother is watching you.
I haven't given this much thought for fifty years, since this is rarely enforced.
For the original question, if your giving your cd away, I dont think you have much to worry about.
In reality all the members of this forum (me too at some time or another) that pass around midi songs, Technics sequences, copies of music, styles are all in violation of copyright laws.
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Walt
Originally posted by nsr007:
Willum, you are technically correct but few abide by the laws, even though you can get your butt fined seriously and jail time if caught. I played for years in bands and performed in New York and San Francisco and never ran into signing anything and I seriously doubt that the club owners ever paid a dime towards copyright laws. Gee, don't tell Walt Tanay this - he sells "professionally arranged songs" on eBay. Look out, Walt, you might end up in the slammer.
When I put out my CD album in 1997, I had to pay Harry Fox Agency a pretty good sum of money for 13 of the 16 songs I put out. Three of the songs were written by me so there was no fee involved on them. According to copyright laws in America, you can be fined $10,000, and get 10 years in jail - not to be taken lightly. I doubt seriously that giving your CDs away constitutes any wrongdoing for there is no money involved.
Scott