Klarinet Archive - Posting 000136.txt from 2000/09

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Copyright vs improvisation
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 08:50:40 -0400

<><> Mark wrote:
That's not a copyright restriction - that's a [rental] contract
restriction. Big difference.

I suppose that if any part of my 'revised' performance is
recognizable as part of the copyrighted work, then I owe a rental fee;
and this puts me under any restrictions to which I agree as part of the
rental contract. I suppose this is how the legal reasoning works?
Perhaps copyright law *doesn't need* to say anything about
alterations to the score/script/etc?
Under this mechanism, there could be debates about fair use -- how
much of the copyrighted material can I use before I have to pay the fee
and thereby be subject to the contract restrictions.

Thanks,
Bill

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