Klarinet Archive - Posting 000409.txt from 1998/08

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Copyrights
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:21:09 -0400

Just to throw more oil on the fire: What about the case of the elderly
member of a community band who finds it necessary to copy and enlarge
small-format band music in order to be able to see it with failing
eyesight? I am sure that this is a violation of copyright. I am also sure
that no music company in its right mind would prosecute for this unless
they offered a "large print" edition themselves - the public relations
consequences would be too severe.
This seems to be a case in which we are protected by public opinion from
the machinations of the legal profession. (Of course, there may easily be
publishers who are not in their right mind! Like the ones who use "8ve" in
clarinet music.)

George Kidder

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