Klarinet Archive - Posting 000167.txt from 2000/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] An error in a Sousa march
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 16:47:55 -0400

At 10:20 AM 7/4/2000 -0500, Ed Lacy wrote:
>On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
>> I hope they DON'T decide to soak us that way. With the prices of
>> CD-ROMs going down so much, they must now be very much cheaper than
>> printing a whole set of music, and you then have to use your OWN paper
>> and ink!
>
>The higher price wouldn't be because of the cost of production, but in
>order to pay royalties to a composer/arranger and to make a profit for the
>publisher. All of which, by the way, are good things for all of us if we
>want to have new materials coming our way.
>
But couldn't they mitigate the higher royalties somewhat by passing on some
of the savings in production costs? Not to mention what they would save by
no longer having to patrol the schools searching for illegal photocopies!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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