Klarinet Archive - Posting 000225.txt from 2001/09

From: "Andrew Michael Simon" <amsimon@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: rental parts' misprints
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 04:43:24 -0400

I can't get my message on--what the heck is unacceptable mime content?
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From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: rental parts' misprints

> From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
> <snip>
>
> Bill, we've been talking about music originally published (at least in the
> US) prior to 1923, which places it in the PD. The addition of spurious
notes
> is moot, since one cannot claim copyright on a mere edition of PD music.
If
> your maps were published prior to 1923, any additions or omissions on the
> map are moot at that point, too.
>
> If we both publish editions of K622, there is no copyright on the _music_.
> Period. Even if we spend most of our lives changing one or two notes due
to
> research into historical accuracy. The courts in the US call that "sweat
of
> the brow" and explicitly _disallow_ copyright in that case.
>
> Believe it or not.
>
> Mark C.
>
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