Ugo
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Posted: May 25 2006, 18:43 |
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I don't think that Mike O. has any direct connection with this. Normally, here in Italy (but I think it works the same way all over the world), when you want to make whatever possible use of a copyrighted piece of music [and this includes singing or performing it in public, playing the record in public, recording a version of it and selling it (on a CD or as a digital download), putting it on the Web, using it as the soundtrack to a web page, or to a Flash animation, or to anything else you put on the WWW, etc. etc.] you don't contact the writer of the piece - you contact the record's publisher (in this case, Warner Music UK) or the sheet music publisher (in this case, EMI Music / Oldfield Music Overseas Ltd). It's them who own the reproduction and usage rights to the piece, not Mike. So my advice to you would be to contact the publishers.
However, if "Sentinel" was just a source of inspiration for a book, you won't need any authorization - a simple "thank you" quote on the book is enough.  You need authorization only if you're using the actual recording of "Sentinel" (from the TBII album) as the soundtrack to a Flash movie or animation you've put on the Web. If you're using a fan's cover version, or a MIDI, you can go ahead, they're not copyrighted - just send a note to the cover's (or the MIDI's) creator(s). 
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Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian
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