[LM_NET] Target copyright question

[Naomi Gelfand <NaomiRG@AOL.COM>]

What are  music copyright rules for playing portions of songs during a school 
play?   I’ve seen conflicting rules about educational use and “fair use.”  
So  far I’ve come across documents that state as long as 1)  no more than 3mins 
 of a song is played  2) no CD recordings are distributed and  3) it is  not 
a prominent portion of the show  (i.e. only mood music) then it is  fine… but 
I thought I would check with the experts  J
 
thank you 
 
Naomi 
 
Naomi Gelfand
Media Specialist
Lakelands Park MS
Gaithersburg, MD
_Naomi_R_Gelfand@mcpsmd.org_ (mailto:Naomi_R_Gelfand@mcpsmd.org) 



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