Klarinet Archive - Posting 001085.txt from 1997/11

From: "BALDY" <comic@-----.com>
Subj: Re: New topic...when to transcribe?
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 13:57:44 -0500

Craig,

They are probably arecopyrighted in some way. Copyright law hold that a
creation (compostion, book, poem, etc.) is copyrighted at the moment of
creation.

Before the new law was passed you did have to go register to obtain
copyrights. This is no longer the case, though it is recommended.

Baldy

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> From: Craig E. G. Countryman <cegc@-----.net>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: New topic...when to transcribe?
> Date: Saturday, November 29, 1997 11:52 AM
>
> Thanks Gary! I suppose in all the other discussion we lost that point.
> His suggestion (attached below) is excellent, and allows you to get to
> the direct statues in question.
>
> Also, the MIDI files I have used give no indication of copyright, and I
> believe are free for download. Therefore, all this copyright talk
> doesn't apply. For paper scores this might be quite another story
> though. Some MIDI is copyrighted, obiviously, but I don't think the
> sources I have pulled from are.
>
> --
> Craig Countryman
> 1998 Florida 11th and 12th Grade All-State Band
> ICQ Uin: 1106304
>
> Point to Ponder:
>
> "The grand essentials to happiness in
> this life are something to do,
> something to love and something to hope for."
> -Joseph Addison