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[cc-licenses] Is a cover of a song a derivative work?

From: Guy Johnston <guydjohnston AT googlemail.com>
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Subject: [cc-licenses] Is a cover of a song a derivative work?
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:42:21 +0100

Hi, if a song (the composition, not a recording) is licensed under a CC
licence which prohibits
derivative works, does anyone know if performing a cover version of it would
legally be seen as
simply a copy of it, and therefore allowed, or as a derivative work and
therefore not allowed? I
think that's quite an ambiguous case, and I'd guess that performing it
accurately would be seen as a
copy, but a recording of that performance would be seen as a derivative work.

Thanks,

Guy

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[cc-licenses] Is a cover of a song a derivative work?, Guy Johnston, 08/01/2007
- Re: [cc-licenses] Is a cover of a song a derivative work?, Gregory Maxwell, 08/01/2007
  - Re: [cc-licenses] Is a cover of a song a derivative work?, Terry Hancock, 08/02/2007