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Ask a Lawyer QuestionCountry: United States of AmericaState: Texas I am the public relations director for a band. The group writes all their own music, but one person (the guitarist) mainly writes all the lyrics. Now the band is beginning to have problems with the guitarist believing he gets to run everything how he wants since he writes the lyrics. My question is if the band copyrights the songs under the band name, will the guitarist be able to tell them they can't play the songs if the band chooses another guitarist, or is there any way they can protect the songs so that the band can play them, especially since some have already been recorded and distributed on a demo cd? AnswerNortmally the band can still play and use them if the band has the copyright...How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To evaluate what is and is not copyrightable, one needs to review their business assets to assess which of them meet the minimum requirements for copyrightability. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (which includes California) cast doubt on the copyrightability of fictional characters divorced from stories. The menu structure, taken as a whole--including the choice of command terms, the structure and order of these terms, their presentation on the screen, and the long prompts--is an aspect of 1-2-3 that is not present in every expression of an electronic spreadsheet [and therefore) meets the requirements of the legal test of copyrightability," Judge Keeton said. |
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