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January 3

Music Covers

I'm curious about how bands cover other artists' songs. When Oasis records I Am the Walrus on an album, do they pay the Beatles (or their estate)? If some no-name local band records a cover, how would they pay royalties? Would they need explicit permission? Thanks, 99.224.10.2 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:58, 3 January 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Read mechanical license. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:44, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong one. The mechanical license allows one to print exact copies of a musical work, and requires express permission of the copyright holder. The correct is the Compulsory license, which allows anyone the right to reproduce certain works, notably non-dramatic musical works (i.e. songs, but not plays or musicals) provided they pay royalties. That is, the copyright holder cannot stop anyone from performing a new version of a song, so long as the performer pays fair market value for that use. --Jayron32 03:30, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See this document. It appears either a (misleadingly named) mechanical license or compulsory license is a possibility. Note that the Beatles don't own most of their songs. They're primarily owned by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, I believe. This is different from the recordings of the songs, which I think are mostly owned by EMI. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 03:37, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, although I am in Canada (which I should have mentioned). If anyone else has info about the situation in Canada, I'd very much appreciate it! 99.224.10.2 (talk) 21:05, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

who is danielle todd

Who is the singer Danielle Todd? Asked on behalf of the following user Cuddlyable3 (talk) 08:14, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, she is a youtube singer who will soon do a song with Wolfgang Gartner. N.I.M. (talk) (redacted) 09:21, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Help identifying song from Sister Act 2 opening medley

Hi all. Does anyone know the song/piece of music that is played from ~1:25 to ~1:35 in this clip: [1]? Thanks. - Akamad (talk) 15:24, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's "I Can't Turn You Loose", originally by Otis Redding but made more famous as the entrance theme for The Blues Brothers when they come out on stage. --Jayron32 15:36, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect, thanks. - Akamad (talk) 15:42, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Obituary

On the album Slowly We Rot, the title track is supposed to be track 3 according to the song listing on the back of the album but is track 4 when listen ed to how and why did this happen and any further information thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.2.26.146 (talk) 16:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On this shot of the back, it is listed as #4, just like in our article and in your experience. What are tracks 1, 2, & 4 on your album cover? Did they leave out one track or change the order? ---Sluzzelin talk 17:23, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

sorry i did mess up the original question but...Mine says 1, Internal Bleeding 2,Godly Beings 3,'Til Death 4, Slowly we rot, 5 Immortal Visions....but when I listen to it song 3, at 1:19 the first chorus stars and he clearly at 1:25 starts to sing ....slowly we rot......come with me, join me, slowly we rot, come with me, join me slowly we dwell..... Therefore in my opinion song 3 must be slowly we rot. So what is up with this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.3.145.145 (talk) 00:09, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some thoughts:

1) I don't know if this is the case for this album, but many have an underlying theme that's repeated in various songs. Thus, you may get lines or riffs repeated in multiple tracks. Those repeated bit might not be reflected in all the song names, though.

2) How exactly the CD player determines where a song starts can be tricky, too. I believe that a commercial CD will have digital index information encoded in it, and that tells it where each song starts. They could, of course, mess this up at the factory. On the other hand, if your CD is a copy, then, depending on the copying method, it may just use gaps in the songs to determine where a new song starts. This can fail both ways, as some songs have silent bits, and sometimes one song runs right into the next, without a silent gap between them. StuRat (talk) 05:23, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Name of book

I'm find out the name of a book I read. I've tried googling parts of the plot, but to no avail. Here's the plot as I can remember it:

It's about a British detective (or perhaps secret agent!) foiling the plot that involves stolen Russian/Soviet nuclear naval mines. There are murders in a small village in Norfolk (or Suffolk?), there is a sniper who is working for the antagonist, but actually is a plant by the protagonist. The antagonist is trying to blow up the mines in a port in the Netherlands (Rotterdam?) or perhaps Belgium.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

CyrilPenaCastillo (talk) 20:02, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Aside from the nuclear mines, the plot sounds similar to From Russia, with Love (novel), which involves several "double agent" types. --Jayron32 20:21, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And Thunderball (novel) has the stolen nuclear bombs bit. Perhaps you confused the two James bond novels? --Jayron32 20:25, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, that's not it. But thanks Jayron for having a go!

CyrilPenaCastillo (talk) 21:23, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it may be a Robert Ludlum book - I remember the ending involving a sniper on a tower in the port, if that's any help? I thought it was The_Holcroft_Covenant; but having read the page I'm less sure. --Roydisco (talk) 14:59, 5 January 2011 (UTC) --Roydisco (talk) 14:59, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I, Claudius drama BBC Radio4 repeats?

I was disapointed to realise that I have missed the earliest 4 episiodes of this. Does anyone know when it is being repeated or where I might be able to listen to the first four episodes online? Only the last two episodes are currently available from the BBC website.

As someone who pays my own good money to support the BBC, I don't see why they should be so tight-arsed about not making available stuff thats more than two weeks old. I don't mind letting foriegners get it for free as its good cultural advertising for Britain. Thanks 92.29.114.99 (talk) 21:31, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It has been good, hasn't it? They are releasing it as a BBC audiobook in a couple of days (see here), which is probably why you won't be able to find the whole thing for free online. If you don't fancy buying it, your local public library can probably order it in for you to borrow once it's released, always provided the council hasn't closed said facility down as part of our national austerity drive. Failing that, it's bound to come round on iPlayer again eventually; most things do, in my experience. Ka renjc 08:33, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is it based on the 1970s TV series, or did it go back to the book for sourcing? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:16, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is another adaption of the book I, Claudius by Robert Graves. There is even a Wikipedia article about the radio series: I, Claudius (radio adaptation). 92.24.183.6 (talk) 17:13, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]