Klarinet Archive - Posting 000182.txt from 2000/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] An error in a Sousa march
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 08:24:40 -0400

At 08:05 AM 7/5/2000 -0400, Mark Charette wrote:
>From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausman@-----.com>
>
>> If the system is implemented correctly, illegal Xerox copies and printed
>> copies will not exist, as both will be LEGAL as long as the school has a
>> site license.
>
>The school _today_ has a "site license" (in the sense that the music
>purchased must remain the property of the school). The only difference here
>is the number of copies that can be produced. The neighboring school needs a
>"quick copy" of the music, so you print out some and give it to them. It's
>still illegal to do that - copies will have to be numbered and turned in
>most probably to remain within the law.
>
Most music today is NOT published with a "site license" in the sense of
allowing unlimited copies to be made by and for the original purchaser
only. Making a set for the neighboring school would be just as illegal as
it has always been. It should be possible to arrange for a unique code to
be placed on each CD-ROM, for example, that would print a number on the
copies that would link them to the source for tracking.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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