Legal Question in Entertainment Law in Florida

Re: music laws

Yes. Feel free to contact me regarding this; my firm focuses on Internet and entertainment law.

Re: music laws

Provided you pay the compulsory license you won't get into trouble under copyright law if all you're doing is selling the CD. It's called a cover and you're no different than the Rolling Stones singing Roll Over Beethoven. You don't need a lawyer, just contact the Harry Fox Agency (http://www.harryfox.com/index.jsp). They're website is inutitive and designed for doing it yourself without an attorney. If you publicly perform the song or have it synchronized with an audio/visual recording, there are other considerations. In those cases, you should contact an attorney familiar with the music business.

Re: music laws

While you should be familiar with the compulsory license provisions of the copyright act, you would be better served working with an attorney, particularly when dealing with publishing and performing rights agencies. Our firm can assist as we have worked on many compulsory licensing matters in music copyrights.