Klarinet Archive - Posting 000743.txt from 2000/01

From: "Franklin Kercher" <kranwli@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] music copies
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 01:32:26 -0500

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Been following all the flack on this MP3 lawsuit and copy stuff, sounds =
like its gonna get pretty deep before the dust settles. As for copying =
music, my music professor stated that a few years ago, some reps. from =
some publishing companies visited a few sellect schools from high school =
to college to see their music files. They allegedly stated that if the =
school had a file copy in their files and stamped with "file" in red =
ink, they had no problem with photocopies being handed out to the kids =
because they understood how often kids loose or destroy thier copies. =
But, if they did not have a file copy of a particular piece in the =
files, they were subject to suit. He also told us that some of the =
schools in the Houston metro area had been nailed for swapping copies.=20

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