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Author:  David Luebbert Posted:  1/13/04; 4:49:33 PM Topic:  Blue in Green Msg#:  4086 (in response to 4085) Prev/Next:  4085/4087 Reads:  802

I can't allow melodies on the site yet, until there's a way to charge for them so that the proper licensing fees can be paid for the use of a composition. I can't affford to be a copyright scofflaw. The penalties that come into play are very severe. Chord progressions and their arrangements are not copyrightable. Include more than a scrap of the original melody or use features of a famous arrangement though and  I'll be on the hook.

I am starting to think about how to add e-commerce facility to the site to make it possible to charge for MIDIs of complete tunes, but this will take quite a long time to set up. Once we are able to charge for tune usage then I would be very kindly disposed towards providing complete arrangements via SongTrellis.

Despite these restrictions,  it might be useful to have an arrangement made that transposes a tune's chord progression into a key that makes it physically easier to realize and which uses chord voicings that most guitarists of modest skill can play.

• Re: Blue in Green, J. Jagelka, 1/13/04; 5:03:43 PM
  • Re: Blue in Green, David Luebbert, 1/13/04; 9:06:25 PM

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