Klarinet Archive - Posting 001162.txt from 1999/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Copyright dogma
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:12:24 -0500

At 11:50 AM 3/21/99 -0800, John Morgan wrote:
>I would like to see the same sort of copying allowed for software
>-you are allowed to make one copy for archival or backup purposes.

Most of the software I have seen lately has just this provision stated
right in the documentation. It would seem perfectly reasonable for music
purposes as well. Buy the music, make copies for performance, marked up to
your heart's content, while keeping the original fresh and clean. As long
as you can produce the original as proof of ownership, no sweat.

Of course, since I expect that most music will be distributed over the
internet or some similar system very soon, all of this may be moot. You
will buy a "site license," meaning permission to make or download as many
copies as needed for your own use. There is at least one publisher on the
internet right now, http://www.musicexpresso.com/, that operates this way,
but is limited to educational users.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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