Klarinet Archive - Posting 000221.txt from 2001/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: rental parts' misprints
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 04:43:20 -0400

At 01:04 PM 9/6/2001 -0500, Mark Charette wrote:
>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.

No, but if the copied piece contains the same errors, it is strong evidence
of the origin or the copied document. Map-makers do this too, placing
small fictitious towns on their maps for copyright identification purposes.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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