This question is perhaps tangentially related to the list. I am transcribing music from a recording into lilypond. I wonder what possible legal implications of posting my work on the net might be. Tabs for guitar of contemporary major pop stars are common all over the web, some on long established web sites, which leads me to believe no one with means is objecting to it. However, I wonder if a nice looking score produced by lilypond would cause some manager/publisher/recording company to object. I am doing the transcription strictly as a study and have zero interest in making money from it.
I have searched some on the web for answers, but got no clear answer. I searched this list for several key words, but didn't find anything relevant. It seems that the recording and sheet music sides of an artist's work are handled be different companies and different rules. Does anyone have any experience with this ? I have transcribed the guitar and bass parts to "La Vida Es Un Sueño" from the recording by Marc Ribot on the album "Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos". The lyric and music to the piece were written (probably in the 40's or 50's) by Arsenio Rodriguez. He was Cuban, but moved to the U.S. and he may have arrived there by the time the piece was recorded. A quick web search shows that the piece appears in at least a few song books of popular latin american music. I have ordered an original recording by Rodriguez' band, but it has not arrived, so I don't know to what extent the Ribot version deviates from the original. There is almost certianly no sheet music based on the Ribot version. I phoned Ribot's managment and he said that he thought that releasing written music for study purposes would not cause a problem. I don't know what Mr. Ribot's opinion is. Mr. Rodriguez died thirty years ago. Thanks, John _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
