Klarinet Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 2008/06

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Rant du jour
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:28:58 -0400

Meanwhile there is a proliferation of sites offering .pdf files of
music in the public domain, either works copyrighted before 1923 or
public domain works newly sequenced and not copyrighted.

A Google search on the keyword "free sheet music" and a site
restriction of .org (as opposed to .com) yields 17,600 hits.
The same with a site restriction of .edu yields 1,170 hits.

Oliver

At 09:46 AM 6/2/2008, you wrote:

>Yes, but as I understand it, this "exemption" is not actually
>embedded into the copyright law. Rather, it is almost like a
>"treaty" from the music publisher's association. Their members have
>all specifically agreed not to sue in this case.
>--
>Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
>Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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