Music Copyright research

'I looked into this issue re. audio on my teaching website a couple of years ago. I was awaiting the publication of a collection of violin/piano arrangements and wanted to use my recordings of the pieces on my site to promote the books. I read up on the subject on the ASCAP website, and from what I can gather, if you are using an audio of an arrangement or cover, not the original track, you don't need permission. Circulating sheet music of your arrangement without copyright permission, however, is illegal.'

This is a quote from a woman in the UK who has contacted harryfox.com which handle copyrighted music and went onto the ASCAP website which is all about the laws of copyright in everything from music to film. The law of copyrighted music states that as long as you are not using the music as a profitable use of media and are crediting the original artist or are making a cover of the music, you are not breaking any copyright laws.