Such a scenario would only be feasible if artists do it only for the love of it; without getting into the business to mint money. But the industry is also made of a lot of other players of which the companies who contract the artists are the most important link between the artist and the general public. Though with the rise in internet Technologies, an artist can publish his works, be it a musical work or a video - Online. Thus making the recording company redundant. Such a scenario can also allow the artists to earn in terms of advertisement income through a software like AdManager etc. Thus the popularity of the artist will result in more people tuning into his/her work that is published online which in turn will result in higher revenues through ad clicks.
You would want to protect it by copyright, not patent. Copyright protection is automatic as soon as the music is fixed in a tangible medium (notated or recorded).
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Copyright is a complex legal issue especially with the numerous amendments etc. Basically it is free of copyright BUT recordings would have copyright as would the printed music, that is, the music publisher would have copyright on his production of the printed score. An example is and please do not take this as binding legal advice - you decide to put on Carmen in your town hall so you photocopy the various parts of the score - your photocopying most likely breaches copyright. As I said its complex.
According to US law, any work of creative art (music) is instantly copyrighted under US protection. Any music used without written permission of the owner would be considered not honoring copyright laws.
The music of ABBA is protected by copyright laws and it would be illegal to post sheet music.
I would not suggest downloading this mp3 without consent, this is a form of piracy that violates the music industry called 'Copyright Infringement'. I would go to rhapsody or itunes to get this song, and pay for it.
Without permission, yes it would be an infringement of the artists right to control distribution of his/her music.
Unless the performance would fall under the "fair use" or other exception to copyright law, yes it is illegal to perform copyrighted music without permission.One of the rights that copyright confers is "the right to perform the work publicly".
a singer is important because without singers there would be no entertainment there would also be no music industry
For sheet music, copying, altering, distributing, or performing the music in public without a license would be infringing. For recordings, copying (including downloading), altering, distributing (including uploading), or performing the recording in public without a license would be infringing.
Copying and distributing films and recordings without permission is referred to as "piracy." A more exact term would be copyright infringement.
You would want to protect it by copyright, not patent. Copyright protection is automatic as soon as the music is fixed in a tangible medium (notated or recorded).
In order to download the Sound of Music without violating copyright laws, the movie would have to be purchased. Their are many different providers such as iTunes that will sell the movie for a price.
Everything written or recorded since 1923 is affected by copyright laws.
Your music would be protected by copyright as soon as it was written down or recorded, and a publisher is not immediately necessary. You may wish to become a member of a performing rights society, however.
Not without violating the copyright. You would need to license the music in order to record and sell it. You need to do so to avoid being sued.
The picture itself is protected by copyright; downloading it without permission would be copyright infringement.