god bless the idm list.
secondly, for the record, i absolutely hate phish, but the gamehenge album is a strange piece of modern americana mythology that begs for dramatic reevaluating.
hell... i can definitely prove that both myself and my 'label' are just about broke, so i guess there's no real harm, particularly if it's not a spoofy version, just a weirder-than-weird version.
i'll send you all a link when it's done!
quoted 34 lines Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:05:35 -0800
> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:05:35 -0800
> From: walters@doubtfulpalace.com
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: [idm] OT: "cover" rights...
>
> >> And pay the mechanical license fee.
> >
> > I hope you're not actually advising somebody on the IDM list to do
> > this...?
>
> Like I said, what you can get away with is a separate question.
>
> When covering one song on a CD, it's kind of a no-brainer to spring for
> the license--it's cheap and keeps you legit. Any CD duplication house will
> require you to produce it; if you claim authorship of the song to avoid
> this, you've now committed not just copyright violation, but fraud. Really
> not worth it to save $90.
>
> Re-doing a whole Phish album for free download? Trickier. No advice from
> me! But it's definitely not legal unless you pay for the mechanical
> license.
>
> (US law, that is. I don't know about other countries. And I'm not a
> lawyer, etc., etc.)
>
> --
> Tim Walters | http://doubtfulpalace.com
>
>
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