Klarinet Archive - Posting 000515.txt from 2001/06

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Copyright Question
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 07:12:39 -0400

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From: "Robert Cruz Reyes" <robert.reyes@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Copyright Question

> I know that this is off topic, but I have a copyright question. If a
song
> is out of print, meaning that you can't call the publisher and get
> replacement parts then is it all right to make copies of a set that has
all
> the parts. An example would be like "God Bless America" arr. by Bill
> Moffit, the song is out of print so do the copyright laws still apply in
> cases where the song is out of print and there is no way to get
replacement
> parts from the publisher.

You must get permission from the copyright holder even if it is out of
print. The copyright holder has the right to publish, not publish or keep
it entirely off the market if they so choose.

Dee Hays
Michigan

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