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From: ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Copyright (again...)
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 01:54:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 28 01:54:40 1986
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> 	Copyright only covers copying (publishing) the copyrighted work.
> 	Royalty agreements are something else...  Sheet music is usualy
> 	copyrighted by the publisher but that doesn't mean that the
> 	tune itself isn't in the public domain.
> 
But be careful, some obviously public domain classical music pieces that
are published today are copyrighted arrangements.  Performing these can
get you into trouble as well. 

> 	I thought royalties were generally based on audience size.

Royalties are based on all kinds of wierd computations usually negotiated
for music through licensing organizations such as ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC.
For instance, we were able to negotiate a blanket coverage for everything
at our University, rather than dealing with each performance seperately.