Re: Royalties for Mechanical Music
By Dan Wilson
Andy LaTorre said:
> My written request to Warner Brothers to re-arrange piano arrangements
> of popular marches went unanswered. ... So, you can see the frustrations
> involved in this copyright thing. I want to keep within the law, but
> I am frustrated at every turn.
I think that -- provided you mail them by registered mail, or what is called here "Recorded Delivery" -- you can fire off the request, get cracking on your discs or rolls, and you're fireproof. I've known a number of land disputes where one party never answered. The other party only has to show Proofs of Receipt to the court and that's that.
I may say newspapers are the same when it comes to quoting from them. As editor of a small journal I just take care not to quote too much and attribute the source, and if they ever question it (which they never have) I'd just say that's what someone in their office told me to do.
To judge from some of the flagrant things PlayRite have done in the past, I rather get the impression piano rolls are off limits when it comes to litigation. The injury or loss is far too small, surely ?
Dan Wilson
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