Klarinet Archive - Posting 000388.txt from 2002/11

From: "William Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] page turns
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:09:09 -0500

You won't find someone here objecting soon!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] page turns

> Bill,
>
> Relevance....
>
> With more arts groups failing each year.....and with existing arts
> organizations having such a difficult time financially, don't expect
> musicians to support spending money on high tech music reading devices. It
> is just the sort of thing that I would expect to happen (knowing first
hand
> the mentality of some arts managers)...."let's cut another 3 core members
of
> the orchestra and add the new music readers". "Cool...."
>
> We orchestra musicians do just fine, flipping the old torn pages. This is
> especially true if it would mean that members of the orchestra would make
> less money, or even worse, lose core jobs to pay for such a system.
>
> The idea sounds great...but you've got more than copyright holders that
will
> keep it from coming online soon.
>
> Regards,
>
> Forest
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausmann1@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 5:29 AM
> Subject: RE: [kl] page turns
>
>
> > At 11:02 PM 11/7/2002 -0500, Mark Charette wrote:
> > >Copyright doesn't involve the technology. As was noted in the article,
> > >_patents_ have been granted - that's something totally different.
> Copyright
> > >involves the ownership of rights to the _music_ (and the performance
> > >thereof). Changing the format _does_ involve permission (and possible
> > >payment) to the copyright owners - that is their right in the US. Just
as
> > >having to compensate the owner of the music when you create an
> arrangement
> > >of it.
> > >
> > >The technology used for display and control of the format is
patentable.
> >
> > True, but not relevant. If the "software" owners won't let their
product
> > be used, or make such use impractical or too expensive, the "hardware"
> > patent is worthless.
> >
> >
> > Bill Hausmann
> >
> > If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
> >
> >
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