[Mb-hair] Hair We Are Again

[Beverly Bremers]

Tribe - It's all very nice that you want to perform HAIR again and I would too, but you've got to realize that without the permission of the authors, your hands are tied. The only way the songs could be performd live would be in a revue or club act, but if you have any book at all, you've infringed on the author's copyrights and if you change the lyrics, the parody law kicks in and you have to get permission. Put yourself in Jim and Galt's shoes. Would you want someone tampering with your material without your input and control? As much as we all think HAIR belongs to all of us, it doesn't. Only it's spirit is ours.

Sorry, guys, but Michael knows what he's talking about. I'm afraid you have to move on. Write a new HAIR (HAIRLESS?)

Beverly


----- Original Message -----
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair We Are Again
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:03:37 -0500

> 
> he has though nina a little leeway by way of precedent
> eg corresonding to the notion of " the law as usually enforced "
> eg if the songs were used before in different contexts particularly
> repeatedly and nothing was done
> that might be construed as a tacit permission
> of course we were working with jimmy gerry galt on everything
> it cant be too radically different obviously
> its very tangled
> and nina brings up a particularly good pt\
> about authors rights not being inclusive of all performance rights
> yet both as of a given moment depending on circumstance
> have to be satisfied
> thats why michael butler advises me to stick to new projects instead of
> revivals
> 
> as an experienced producer though
> the way to circumvent if youre lucky
> is to get the rights for a city such as san francisco detroit atlanta etc
> large scale 1000+ venue non conventional location ( rented hall ; old
> ballroom or whatver )
> big enough to call in major media\
> small enough not to set flags off
> if you then have the penultimate production and its covered by major media
> they will have to do business with you veritably
> because yours will be the production everyone wants
> eg this is what happened visa vi glenn close in the los angeles production
> of sunset blvd
> when patti lupone was all ready signed for nyc
> glenn got hot and it didnt matter
> they had to pay  patti off etc
> 
> similarly one who gets a hot production of hair covered by major media in
> second city
> would be in drivers seat as opposed to frankel et al
> arguably
> very tudor stewart political etc\
> 
> ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie at hotmail.com>
> To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair We Are Again
> 
> 
> > You are correct Bil. To use songs from Hair in a new context you would
> need
> > the permission of the authors and the performance rights holders. You are
> > also correct that one doesn't always need permission to record a song, but
> > that law does not cover the use of the songs in a running performance
> piece,
> > but only on a recording.
> > Nina
> >
> > The Hair Archives
> > http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Wm-A Gonzalez" <bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu>
> >
> > >
> > >Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think that this
> holds
> > >true (in the US) for musical material for which someone (TAMS) already
> owns
> > >the theatrical performance rights.  In fact, I believe that specific
> rights
> > >need to be acquired to incorporate any copyrighted material into a new
> work
> > >which will lead to financial gain.  My understanding is that you do not
> > >need permission to record a published song, but you do still need to pay
> > >the related royalties, and acknowledge existing copyrights.
> > >
> > >-Bil Gonzalez
> >
> >
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