Is license required to sell songs replayed on a virtual instrument?
<p>Would it infringe copyright to replay the Star Wars theme on a virtual accordion app and sell the song as a lesson to play?</p>

<p>If not would it be allowed if its free?</p>

<p>I couldn't find anything on the internet in regards to replay copyrighted material on a virtual instrument/app.</p>

<p>I don't believe you could do that without infringing copyright. The Star Wars theme is a copyrighted piece of music, and creating a transcription of it would be considered a derivative work. Only the copyright holder can authorize such derivative works. Cost doesn't factor into it at all.</p>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work</a></p>

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