Tune Copyright

A wee bit. TBH i duno why they do it... but i know that they do. It's th same with some other subjects where original designs have to be made (tech etc and computnig spring to mind)

Here.. on second thoughts.. just put on the tune

"if copied and false name of composer given... 1RTR will hunt you down like a dog!"

Redneck wrote:Seems a bit pirate attitude that?.........bit of a liberty eh?

Of course its a liberty,

Thats what the Pipe band association does,

For example, A band pays an entry fee for a competition, thats odd for a start, without the bands there would not be a competition,

Then at that competition, the RSPBA makes cd's. dvds, takes photos etc, with out permission, they then sell these with no financial reward to us, the artists, and with no acknowledgement at all.

Do the same thing in the local omniplex and you'll get a day in court, or sell copies at a Sunday market, same result.

Time they were pulled over this, and were made to give proper credit and repayment to the artists.

Even a dozen free copies of the worlds CD's to each band would probably suffice


cheers

Gordy88 wrote:

Redneck wrote:Seems a bit pirate attitude that?.........bit of a liberty eh?

Of course its a liberty,

Thats what the Pipe band association does,

For example, A band pays an entry fee for a competition, thats odd for a start, without the bands there would not be a competition,

Then at that competition, the RSPBA makes cd's. dvds, takes photos etc, with out permission, they then sell these with no financial reward to us, the artists, and with no acknowledgement at all.

Do the same thing in the local omniplex and you'll get a day in court, or sell copies at a Sunday market, same result.

Time they were pulled over this, and were made to give proper credit and repayment to the artists.

Even a dozen free copies of the worlds CD's to each band would probably suffice


cheers

They already have your permission, so to speak. As function owners they own the performance and recording rights, which you agree with by default when your band entered the competition.

Under normal copyright guidelines, any performances, or writing or creating on behalf of an employer or organisation, the copyrights belong to the organisation or employer.
This is how's it's been for years, (here at least), admittedly it has changed in the last few years to take in to account all the changes in technology and all that goes with it and I'm not up to date with all the changes. however I doubt the performance side of it has changed much.

Robbie, it's under these guidelines that the school gets to keep copyright of compositions from courses.

I have said it before, and will do again, I never ceased to be amazed at the knowledge of various things Pipe Band related, that is available on here, just shows that folks are not always taking the proverbial and can be serious when required.

Thanks Janelle,

I was pretty sure they would have it well sewn up,

Wonder how they will feel,(not might feel) when the day comes that there is a breakaway pipe band association?

Without bands, and interested non band members, there would be no contests, nor would there be a need for judges, and coming after some spectacularly odd judging decisions recently, that won't be a hardship.

The RSPBA is fed, clothed, and housed by bandsmen and women, its about time those bandsmen and women were treated correctly

cheers

The best bet is just to contact the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society, (MCPS) and register the composer's name with them.

Their remit is "MCPS is able to offer free advice on the recording of copyright music and is able to arrange the licences required for the use of its members music in TV, film, video and audio-visual productions". Duncan McCrone of the MCPS specialises in trad and pipe tunes, he has written articles for the Piping Times regarding pipe music.

The most recent address I have for the Scottish MCPS branch is;

MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society)
Duncan McCrone
3 ST. GEORGE'S STUDIOS,
93-97 ST GEORGE'S ROAD GLASGOW G3 6JA

tel : 0141 333 1158
Email: Duncan.mccrone@mcps.co.uk