Re: mechanical license

On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Charles Kramer <tilyou1[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
>
> (1) In my situation, the song will be used in a TV commercial. My
> guess -- and it is only that so far -- is that songs used to promote
> a product are not covered (or not entirely covered) by mechanical
> licenses -- the idea being that in addition to copyright, an issue
> of sponsorhip arises. Is that correct? Won't a mechanical license
> still be insulation at least from *copyright* damages? Or does do
> mechanical rules not apply at all?
>
> (2) The song is not the original song -- lyrics have been changed (in
> part to serve their commercial purpose), and the music has been changed
> to try to avoid infringement. From which this question arises: often
> "covers" of songs vary song lyrics -- for instance by gender ("He's my
> man being She's my gal"). But what if the changes are more than that --
> does a mechanical license (in a non-sponsorship context) cover that?
> I mean, eventually, won't a work become an infringing derivation, not
> a cover?

I am sure your questions could be best ansered by calling ASCP.

Robert Panzer
VAGA
<bigbusie[_at_]aol.com> Received on Wed Mar 01 2000 - 18:57:39 GMT