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That's the point, too. If I ever wrote a post on "how to record drums," I'd deserve all the negative rep anyone wanted to give me, because I know next to nothing about it. My opinion on recording drums is worthless, and I certainly wouldn't do a quick internet search and then post advice about...

Nope, I AM a lawyer, admitted to practice before all of the federal and state courts of California, the 9th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeal and the US Supreme Court, and Martindale rated AV Preeminent 5 out of 5. And, no, no lawyer would disagree with me about what I've said about copyright...

I'm not typical of HR posters but, because I write for the musical theater, lyrics are absolutely critical.

I haven't read the whole thread, but this is the first thing I thought of: All we are saying, Is give peace a chance . . . Songs like that fueled the anti-war movement. I remember singing it at many demonstrations. And I have to add: no disrespect intended to any Vietnam vets -- you guys...

I tried adding rep points, but the board won't let me. There's got to be a way to fix it.

And you're still wrong. Anyone can parody anything and permission is not needed. That is the very meaning of "fair use." Have you looked up my bar number yet?

Ooops -- that was my mistake. Sorry, man. Can someone tell me how to fix that?

Yep. I normally wouldn't bother with a poster like this, but an awful lot of musicians read this site and I'd hate to see somebody on the receiving end of an infringement lawsuit because they listened to this guy.

Okay, I'm at work and I'm having my coffee, so I'll take a little time to explain infringement analysis. Copyright protection is authorized in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, and reserves exclusive rights to authors (and inventors) in their works of authorship (and inventions) for...

You know someone who has been "looked at for this." I'm a licensed attorney who has been litigating this stuff since 1992. I don't need to "empower my views." Want to bet? California State Bar No. 160552. Look me up. It's always a good idea to read through a thread before jumping in and...

As I recall, "Start me Up" was used by Microsoft to promote one of its operating systems. I'd say that makes the song fair game for a parody of both the song and Microsoft.

BTW, I should note that everything I've written addresses US law, only. The US is a signatory of the Berne Convention on copyright, so US laws have been harmonized to comply with Berne, so the laws of other signatory countries, e.g. the UK, should be similar. However, equitable doctrines, like...

I'm not familiar with the Weird Al song so I can't comment. Do you have a link?

I burn CDs from Audition 3. It has no problem writing track names, album names, artists, etc. Are you sure that your software isn't successfully writing this info? What happens if you play the CD in a CD player, as opposed to on your computer?

You can parody anything. However, see my post above regarding what constitutes a parody. Note, as well, that permission from the copyright owner is not necessary (nor recommended). Parody doctrine specifically contemplates permission being refused. Absolutely dead wrong. I don't have the...

The issue there would be trademark infringement, not copyright infringement. There is no copyright protection available to song titles (or any other kind of title).

A word about parody: Parody is a fair use doctrine defense to copyright infringement, meaning if you are sued for copyright infringement and your work is found to be parody you will not be liable. However, parody is a relatively complicated and non-intuitive doctrine that has some specific...

Porno producers regularly get sued for copyright infringement. Ahem. I'm not an internet idiot when it comes to copyright law -- I'm an actual lawyer.

I'm an intellectual property lawyer, and have been practicing for nearly 25 years. There is no "magic number" of notes. Possibly, but fair use is a defense to copyright infringement and determined on a case-by-case basis, meaning until he is sued and raises the defense, he won't know whether it...

There is no magic number of notes. If you've copied, you've infringed. Non-commercial use is not a defense to copyright infringement. Giving credit to the author merely means you've admitted intentional infringement.