Klarinet Archive - Posting 000192.txt from 2001/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: rental parts' misprints
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:28:44 -0400

From: "Neil Leupold" <leupold_1@-----.com>
> Well, you have to understand, the Kalmuses of the world put errors in
> their parts intentionally as part of protecting themselves against as-
> sertions of copyright infringement, further substantiating the unique-
> ness of their particular edition of a piece of music, beyond other edi-
> torial changes that they've made. It's shoddy and frustrating for us,
> but it's dollars, cents, and avoidance of summonses and complaints
> for them (not to mention their parts are indeed cheaper than more
> accurate and authentic editions).

I hope you're saying this in jest ... a few notes changed from a piece in
the public domain does not a copyright make, at least in the USA. Perhaps a
common misperception.

See http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Misc/46DLJ241.html - "REVIVING THE
RHETORIC OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST: CHOIR DIRECTORS, COPY MACHINES, AND NEW
ARRANGEMENTS OF PUBLIC DOMAIN MUSIC" , by PAUL J. HEALD, Reprinted by
permission from Volume 46, No. 2 of the Duke Law Journal 46 DUKE L.J. 241
(1996)

Mark C.

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