Klarinet Archive - Posting 000131.txt from 2000/09

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Copyright vs improvisation
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 07:41:35 -0400

<><> Bill=A0Hausmann wrote:
major cuts and other alterations are routinely made in spite of
publishers' warnings to the contrary.

Thank you, Bill. This is a significant piece of information (for
me, who has never seen a rented score or the rental contract that comes
with it) because it tells me that copyright holders expect that they
*are* entitled to sue if I perform alterations that are sufficiently
egregious.
Obviously it would be counterproductive to sue community groups who
don't have the resources to perform the show exactly as written -- most
groups can't maintain Broadway standards, and there would be few
customers left -- but evidently the copyright holder believes they have
the right to sue if the alterations are malicious or sufficiently
damaging to the show's reputation.

-Bill

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