DarkDjinn Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Recently, I've been in talks with folks with two different projects that I may be lined up to work on. Nothing fancy, doing some transcription and arranging and not a whole lot of original composition - but I want to be sure that I'm protecting myself and my work anyway. The first thing I thought of was - if you're working with someone over the internet, what's the best way to ensure that you get whatever payment is promised? At some point there is going to have to be some trust involved - either someone's getting their product first, or someone's getting paid first. I've never been involved in doing musicky things for money though, so I'm looking for advice from someone who has been in a similar situation or who works this way. The second thing I thought of - how do I protect the stuff I worked on? I know if I'm doing transcription/arrangement/orchestration of something that doesn't belong to me, I probably have very little rights with regards to the music, but again - zero experience with this, so advice from people actively working situations like this would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 1. Contracts. 2. Everything you create, including arrangements, you have copyright on. However, if you're profiting off of derivative works, you need to get mechanical licensing, which means you have to pay some stuff to the original creators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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