Originally Posted By: Derek Abrams
PGM will you please clarify the following FAQ:

23. Are songs that I create with Band-in-a-Box or RealBand copyrighted?

PGM FAQ ANSWER
The arrangements made by Band-in-a-Box and RealBand are yours, and your songs may be used freely as long as they don't infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others.

== PLEASE CLARIFY ==





You are way overthinking this.

I am not a Copyright attorney but I do have a reasonably good layman's understanding of US Copyright law, having made a concerted effort to study the opinion of those who are.

If you create an original song using BIAB, you own the copyright to it.

If you do a cover version, you own the rights to your recording of it but not the rights to the song itself so you are responsible for securing the appropriate licenses.

If you arrange, say, "Stairway to Heaven" for euphonium, kazoo and jaw harp, you own the copyright to your arrangement but you still owe royalties to Jimmy Page et. al. Because he owns the song itself.

The performances for Real Tracks, etc are "work for hire."

Byron Dickens

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