[Dixielandjazz] Quoted passages in songs - Infringement?

PHIL WILKING philwilking at bellsouth.net
Mon Apr 14 22:35:51 PDT 2008


One of the tunes on Peter Schickele's first P.D.Q. Bach record (Vanguard 
Records, the one with the orange jacket front) was the "Quodlibet." It was 
two to four very recognizeable bars each of a whole library of big band 
standards strung together into one symphonic joke. This was produced 40 
years ago, but the royalty for each tune couldn't have been very much or 
they couldn't have afforded to use the track on the record.

Phil Wilking

Those who would exchange freedom for
security deserve neither freedom nor security.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>
> Reality Check: Would you be sued for quoting 4, 8, 16, or 32 bars of 
> Bourbon Street Parade (protected by copyright) during a 10 chorus 
> rendition of the public domain Bill Bailey?  Probably not since you  are 
> parodying Bourbon St. Parade.
>
> Could you be sued? Sure, you can be sued for anything these days.
>




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