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Klarinet Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2007/02

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sibelius v. Finale (was: [kl] For Lelia Loban)
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:13:28 -0500

Lelia Loban wrote:
> I never upgraded after Sibelius 2.1 (they're up to at least 4.1 now)
> because the company re-wrote its mandatory Terms of Agreement into one of
> the worst contracts of adhesion I've ever seen. I think it's just sloppy
> wording, a misguided excursion into jargon, the kind of thing that can
> happen when well-intentioned proprietors let their lawyers go feral.
> However, Sibelius ignored or trivialized my attempts to discuss the
> problem; that contract has not been re-written (I check the site
> periodically); and I've made the common sense decision that I can't afford
> the risks to which those terms would expose me. Therefore, I removed all of
> my music from the Sibelius users' site, stopped participating in the online
> forum and have not taken advantage of upgrades.

Can you clarify what your concerns were here? Did they apply to general
use of the software, or only to what works you presented via Sibelius'
website (or via Scorch)?

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