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Can you just edit the sheet music of some famous singer or something and just post it here?
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Can you just edit the sheet music of some famous singer or something and just post it here?
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You can. It is most likely illegal though, as most recent (not dead yet for something around 70 years) 'famous' music is protected by copyright law.
I mean can we change the notes like low 'a' to high 'a,' and low 'b' to high 'b'? I've looked up songs and multiple people have posted them with different instruments. "A Thousand Years," for example, was posted by two people. So is it fine to post famous songs or whatever as long as we write the composer and don't change the song up too much?
In reply to I mean can we change the… by [DELETED] 28742948
Posting a score online, publicly visible is considered publishing by most copyright laws and therefor is illegal without explicit consent from the rightsholder.
In reply to Posting a score online,… by jeetee
So if I want to post sheet music, it has to be completely made by me?
In reply to So if I want to post sheet… by [DELETED] 28742948
If you want to post sheet music then you have to abide to the law. You have to have publishing rights for what you publish.
When in doubt, consult a lawyer.
In reply to I mean can we change the… by [DELETED] 28742948
Again, you can (as in, it is made possible by the software) change notes from low 'a' to high 'a' or whatever others changes you want. Whether you may (as in, what is allowed by the laws of the country in which you live) share the resulting file with others is another matter. In general, if someone else wrote the original music, you need permission. But actually, MuseScore has agreements with "some" publishers to make it legal to upload music they own the rights to. I have no idea how you'd know which songs it is OK to share or not though.
In reply to Again, you can (as in, it is… by Marc Sabatella
Could I post it if I already found it somewhere else on MuseScore. If not, is the song "A Thousand Years" fine to post if I edited it the way that I did?
In reply to Could I post it if I already… by [DELETED] 28742948
Can I steal money from a thief?
You may publish that song only if you have permission in the eyes of the law; not getting caught doesn't mean its suddenly legal.
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Thousand_Years_(Christina_Perri_song) you'll likely have to contact Atlantic or Chop Shop
In reply to Can I steal money from a… by jeetee
OK, but is MuseScore made for posting one's own, completely made up by oneself's sheet music?
In reply to OK, but is MuseScore made… by [DELETED] 28742948
MuseScore is software for creating sheet music, just as Microsoft Word is software for creating text documents, or Adobe Photoshop is software for editing photos. Whether you use software to work with your own sheet music, text documents, or photos, or whether you use it work with someone else's sheet music, text documents, or photos, is entirely up to you. Just as it is up to you to make sure that if you do work with other people's sheet music, text documents, or photos, that you don't do anything illegal with them.
In reply to MuseScore is software for… by Marc Sabatella
OK, thank you.