Klarinet Archive - Posting 000747.txt from 1998/10

From: ClarAnnett@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Attention composers...
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 11:50:05 -0400

I have a friend... he just mails himself a copy of the latest piece he's
composed... something about all unopened mail is like a goverment document or
something... :)

In a message dated 10/16/98 2:47:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
scottdmorrow@-----.com writes:

<<

>Gots a question for those of you who have music published currently -
>
>How do you go about copyrighting something? I plan on publishing
myself
>privately (that's what my printer is for, hmm?), and I mean, there's
gotta
>be more to it than just putting Copyright 1998 JM Nohe at the bottom -
>what's to stop someone from just taking my piece and renotating it with
>their name at the bottom and suing me?
>
>I'd rather not join one of those little copyright guilds - I don't
enough
>writing or arranging to do that. But I have done distribution (to
several
>members on the list, as a matter of fact). I trust them enough that
>they're not going to rip it off. But if I distribute elsewhere, how do
I
>know someone else won't? There's gotta be like, some official
copyright
>or something, but I've been told by some people that it's not
>necessary...still, I have too many doubts. What's the deal?
>
>J. Shouryu Nohe
>http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
>Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ. >>

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