Klarinet Archive - Posting 000210.txt from 2001/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: rental parts' misprints
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:29:02 -0400

If there's no copyright and copying is allowed, then why intentionally add a
wrong note? Tracing the source for what reason?

>
> I believe that map publishers do the same thing.... add an extra alley
> that isn't really there, or misspell "Tomas" instead of "Thomas", etc.

Original maps are eminently copyrightable. Trivial additions are sometimes
made, but not to the point of grievous misdirection; e.g., roads are not
changed, but a town lying in an area with no road may be added.

Once the map is in the PD it's just like music - you can copy it, errors and
all.

Ed writes:

> This publisher, which exists in an English-speaking country, sometimes
publishes Russian music where the names of the title, author, and other text
is written in Russian with Cyrillic script.

If it was published in the US it's not protected if the music is in the PD -
fonts and typography used to make the edition are not protectable. Other
countries have very different laws.

Unfortunately at the moment I have neither the time nor the money to go
after some publishers I specifically know about. Hopefully I'll have both in
a few more years ...

Mark C.

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