Klarinet Archive - Posting 001155.txt from 1999/03

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Copyright dogma
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 15:06:02 -0500

Dee wrote:
I certainly agree that there are a LOT of problems with the current
copyright laws. One is of course the out of print and/or refusal to
release. Another is the poorly laid out printings where the page turn is
right in the middle of a difficult passage. So legally you have to buy two
copies to cut and paste just to get something to use. Or a third problem is
some of the difficult to read publications of hand written manuscripts
(there is a band arrangement of Mozart's French Horn Concerto). You can't
write out a more legible copy legally. I certainly believe in respecting
intellectual property but it is a good thing patents don't last so long or
there would be a lot of monopolies in the world and we would be paying
incredible prices for our every day gadgets.
Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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The Dutch window can work well sometimes for those page turn problems. What
you do is to cut the page in half, and when you play past the cut in the
page, flip over the top of the page (the dutch window) to the next page.
Then after you play the non-turnable passage, flip the rest of the page so
that you can finish the current page.
Or just copy the thing....... Be discreet ;)

David Blumberg - MTA for Woodwind Players (200+ pieces, Playable Demos -
G2, MP3's)
play it@-----.com
http://www.mytempo.com
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