[mplpost] Release gimmicks

[Mike Regenstreif]

At 02:22 AM 11/23/01, steve@stevebriggs.com wrote:
>Joel Morelli did a nice thing at his release up here in Owen Sound. $20 
>got youa ticket to the live show, the CD AND a live recording of the gig 
>you attended, burned onto CDRom. However there were some copyright hassles 
>because they did house of the rising sun onstage and couldn't get rights 
>at a reasonable rate, which has delayed the live CD. 6 months later it's 
>still not out. No complaints here tho', the show in itself was worth the $20.


         "House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song in the public 
domain.  Anyone can copyright their own arrangement.  SESAC lists 7 
versions, ASCAP has 22, BMI has 65, "written" by people ranging from Huddie 
Ledbetter to Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan to Eric Burdon and many others.

         I would assume that SOCAN must have some versions as 
well.  However, they don't have a searchable database on their website.


	Mike Regenstreif

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