[nicktender]

So unless I have permission from the owner of a copyrighted song, I do not have the right to "perform the copyrighted work publicly."

So this means I cannot play a party, a park, or anywhere where there are people. That guy at the guitar store who picks up a guitar he's thinking about buying and busts out a riff from (insert your favorite metal band here) is technically breaking the law, because he's doing it in public.

And as stated explicitly, I cannot have a recording of me performing a copyrighted "work" up, even if noone makes any money from it. I simply never thought about the arrangements or transciptions being copyrighted as well. I guess I'll be pulling down the two songs I had put up - I am not sure who transcribed or arranged the versions I played, but since I heard them from professional recordings, I'd guess they're probably copyrighted. I'm not even sure how to check, since I'm only aware of the performer and composer credits for either.

I guess I can understand property being protected, but this is pretty discouraging. Ahh well, I'm not really a very good guitarist anyways, heh.