Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 1998/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Re: Copyright
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 07:41:57 -0500

At 06:47 AM 4/2/98 EST, Cindy Field wrote:
>Here's another copyright-related question. Let's say that a friend and I
>purchase a book of duets for clarinet.
>
>1. We buy two copies of the book to play the music on separate music stands.
>
>2. We both read off the book's pages on a single music stand to play the
music
>publicly.
>
>3. We make one photocopy for the convenience of playing the music together
>publicly but using two music stands.
>
>What's your take on these scenarios?
>
1. This is what they figure is the ideal situation.

2. This should be entirely acceptable.

3. This is where the copyright nazis will have a problem. You crossed the
line the instant you pressed the "print" button on the copier.

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