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FAQs from Choirs, bands, private music teachers (information sheet)

• Can a private music teacher copy print music for students?
• Can I copy print music to practise for my exams?
• Can I photocopy music which I own for ease of use during rehearsal and performance?
• Can I photocopy music which is out of print?
• Can I photocopy sheet music to avoid a tricky page turn or change the song order?
• Can I write out a tune by hand that I have learnt by listening to a CD?
• Do I need permission to copy CDs to give to students to help them learn pieces or to make backing tapes of music for students?

• FAQs from Churches & music (information sheet)

  
  
• Can I transpose a hymn into another key and photocopy several copies of the transposition?
• How do I find out what music is in the “public domain”?
• How much of a hymn book may I photocopy?
• Members of our congregation meet in one another’s homes for services. Do we need permission to sing hymns at these meetings?
• When performing, choir members have to juggle a number of Psalters, hymn books and anthem books. Can we make folders of photocopies to avoid this problem?

FAQs from Music: use in student films & home videos (information sheet)

• I'm videotaping my nephew's wedding next week. Who do I need to get a copyright clearance from?
• If I get all these permissions, can my child�s ballet teacher still prevent me from filming the concert?
• My students want to use music in videos they are creating for a class assessment. Is that OK?
• What copyright clearances do I need if I want to film my child�s end of year ballet performance?

FAQs from Music & copyright (information sheet)

• Can I get out of a bad contract?
• Does sampling infringe copyright?
• How do I prove I wrote a song?
• How do we protect the band name?
• If I pay someone to arrange music I have composed, who owns the copyright?
• If I pay someone to put a song I have composed into musical notation, who owns the copyright?
• If I write a song based on someone else�s idea, who owns the copyright?
• What are royalties?
• What if a number of people write a song together?
• What is AMCOS?
• What is APRA?
• What is PPCA?
• What is the role of music publishers?