Clarifying Permission for deceased artists and adding a Pop genre

[GG_Guru]

True story.

[bluguerrilla]

Don't forget to remove all the electronic music because it's not real music.

[dore]

nah, electronic music can have 2943823948234 notes so it has to make a good file

[Xandertrax]

-5 support. Firstoff, getting permissions will be a pain in the butt, since it's all asking major labels to give away their music for free, which isn't exactly in their plan. As for copyright permission,

Originally Posted by devonin in the copyright & permission thread

The basic premise of the Berne Convention as it regards music says this:

1/ Countries can set the length of copyright to anything they want as long as it is NOT LESS THAN 50 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR,

2/ The copyright law applies in the country that the work is being used in now, regardless of where it originated

3/ None of the countries are allowed to require formal registration of copyright to grant copyright protection

So, for our purposes, anything that was made by someone who died FROM JANUARY 1st 1958 AND ON IS COPYWRITTEN AND YOU MUST GET PERMISSION TO USE no matter who made it, where you live, where they lived, anything. If they died from 1958 on, automatically you need permission to use it.

So we'd need permission from MJ's record companies, Mowtown and Epic, both very major companies who probably wouldn't agree. You can e-mail them if you want.

secondly, most pop sucks.

thirdly, I am all for getting rid of all the WIDGET stuff in rock.

[bluguerrilla]

Someone just make a midi that's the bass line of smooth criminal and step that.

[GG_Guru]

Yeah I pretty much knew getting permission was pointless Xander which is why we moved the topic discussion to adding the new Pop genre. Besides Michael Jackson's music theres bound to be other pop labels that will collaborate on allowing us to step their music.

[dore]

Originally Posted by bluguerrilla

Someone just make a midi that's the bass line of smooth criminal and step that.

I can actually practice my bass and suck less and play a live version

[who_cares973]

Originally Posted by bluguerrilla

Someone just make a midi that's the bass line of smooth criminal and step that.

remix ?_?

[Xandertrax]

Alien Ant Farm?

[bluguerrilla]

Covers make Tass nervous in the pants, IIRC.

[GG_Guru]

Has anyone even attempted stepping pop music?

I wonder..

[bluguerrilla]

There's totally nothing in this list that qualifies as 'Pop'.

[devonin]

theres bound to be other pop labels that will collaborate on allowing us to step their music.

If we paid royalties, absolutely.