Klarinet Archive - Posting 000130.txt from 2003/06

From: Mark Gresham <mgresham@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Copyright; was Law and Semantics
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:27:44 -0400

Mark Charette wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Joseph H. Fasel wrote:
>
>>Aha! So "publication" on a webpage you control wouldn't qualify?
>
> The short answer is "it depends". Display of a work is not publication.
> You'd have to consult a copyright lawyer to ensure all your bases are
> covered before you could safely say that a work on the Web is "published".
>
> It's easier (and cheaper) to print and distribute copies.

And you don't have to distribute all that many...
Mostly you have to show clear intent to participate in the act of
publishing, even if none are actually purchased. (Though the latter
helps.) Of course, you're responbsible for all concerns of copyright
laws and the "oops" that can come with that in the environment around PD.
Personally, I stay away from publishing new editions of PD works,
though I do publish arrangements and compositions which include
PD-derived material.

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Mark Gresham, composer
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