Klarinet Archive - Posting 000204.txt from 2001/09

From: fred.sheim@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: rental parts' misprints
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:28:56 -0400

Is this tongue in cheek, or do they really put errors in to prevent
copyright infringement suits?

Gullible Fred

At 10:28 AM 9/6/01 -0700, you wrote:
>--- EbKlarinet@-----.com wrote:
>
>> If the rental company/publisher is handing out shoddily-prepared music,
>> and makes no effort to see that it's corrected, then they have nothing
>> to say about it, AFAIC.
>
>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).
>
>Neil
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