karmadharma
Member
I have been thinking about putting some transcriptions online for other people's benefits (for free of course, and my own work of course), and I have been trying to figure out if it's legal to do so or not.
I have found a forum article referencing a law website about guitar tabs not being protected under fair use in the USA and basically being copyright infringement if not licensed, but what about drum tabs/transcriptions?
Are drum performances considered copyrighted the same way as a song's lyrics or melody? or are they somehow "less" protected? I'd think that there'd be no way a basic shuffle would be copyrighteable, but what about very recognizeable grooves that are integral to the song?
What about outside the USA? Canada? Europe? Australia? Note of course I think it should be legal to write tabs/transcriptions/youtube tutorials for songs, because in the end the more people play music the better, but given how things are nowadays where guitar lesson videos on youtube get routinely taken down for "infringement" I am wondering where drum transcriptions stand in the legal grand scheme of things.
I have found a forum article referencing a law website about guitar tabs not being protected under fair use in the USA and basically being copyright infringement if not licensed, but what about drum tabs/transcriptions?
Are drum performances considered copyrighted the same way as a song's lyrics or melody? or are they somehow "less" protected? I'd think that there'd be no way a basic shuffle would be copyrighteable, but what about very recognizeable grooves that are integral to the song?
What about outside the USA? Canada? Europe? Australia? Note of course I think it should be legal to write tabs/transcriptions/youtube tutorials for songs, because in the end the more people play music the better, but given how things are nowadays where guitar lesson videos on youtube get routinely taken down for "infringement" I am wondering where drum transcriptions stand in the legal grand scheme of things.