On 30 November 2011 at 13:47, Julien Claassen <julien@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone! > I'd like to cite from a relatively recent work (1970), which of course is > still copyrighted. So can I do it per se? I'd just like to cite a main phrase > for a bit (2-4 bars) I suspect. any hints on that would be very much > appreciated. > Warm regards > Julien When a band I was in wanted to do that, the law was confusing enough that even my regular lawyer suggest that I seek the advise of an intellectually property lawyer that specializes in the music industry. What we ended up doing was to contact the artist and get written permission to use their material. The second alternative turned out to be *much* easier than the other route. Good luck! Also, maybe have a look at the GrokLaw website. -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
