Klarinet Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 1998/08

From: Dirk Kussin <dirk@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Copywrite Question for "Experts"!
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 07:50:38 -0400

It is also not allowed just to copy the score for my own use, without
changing the score? (E. g. if I would like to treat the original score
(in a booklet, collection ...) with care.) I cannot imagine.

Is this strict copyright law restricted to musical prints? I'm pretty
sure that it is allowed (at least in Germany) to copy a (say
scientific) book in the library, and also to copy your own book, if it
is for your own use. (If not: then the many copiers in the libraries
of our universities would be illegal.) But I don't know if this is the
same with musical material.

On the other hand, if you copy a score for your own use, who cares
for? Who will know it? Isn't the question of purely academical
interest?

Dirk

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