[Dixielandjazz] Quoted passages in songs - Infringement?

[PHIL WILKING]

I don't know the current law, but it used to be that the composer ("author") 
of a tune had "first dibs" on recording it or selling the right to the first 
recording. After that first recording, anyone could record it legally by 
paying the royalty specified in the law to the copyright owner. If the 
copyright owner could work a better deal than the statutory one with the 
would-be recording star, that deal took precedence.

Phil Wilking

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" <larrys.bands at charter.net>


> Fair use doesn't mean free does it?  I thought that was the doctrine that 
> said you could use anyone's  copyrighted work without permission but you 
> had to pay them for it.  Meaning no one could have exclusive right to a 
> song an example might be a tune by let's say Dolly Parton.  She would not 
> be able to stop someone from singing her song providing they paid a fee to 
> the copyright holder.  Isn't that fee a set amount?
>