Legal Question in Entertainment Law in New York
Copyright law for recordings
I'm a musician and at times people ask me to record a song for them so they can learn it. For years its been done with a little tape recorder or whatever... Now I record it on mp3 and then send it to them via e-mail. I'm trying to expand on this and start a website, but I'm unsure of the law.
My question is: By providing a service of recording a song and charging for it, am I infringing on a copyright? Can I get in trouble. It's my service I'm selling and it should be for private use only.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Copyright law for recordings
It wouldn't matter if you're using it for public or private use, whether you record it on tape or send it via smoke signals, you're going to be violating someone's copyright. If you're charging for it, chances are the publisher would like to charge for it. Why don't you try and clear it. That's the appropriate, lawful and risk-free way to do it.
Re: Copyright law for recordings
Feel free to contact me if you want assistance with this; it shouldn't be very difficult and this is what I do.
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