Klarinet Archive - Posting 000093.txt from 2009/02

From: Michael Nichols <mrn.clarinet@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Query on Michael Moore's post
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:04:37 -0500

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Ed Lowry <norcalclarinet@-----.com> wrote:

> Does this mean that when I pay Gary $50 for Schickele's Quartet for
> piano, cello, violin and clarinet, I need to take the further step of
> securing the copyright owner's permission to perform it in public?

That's right. When you buy sheet music you are only paying for a copy
of the sheet music, not the right to perform it in public. There are a
bunch of different exceptions to this, which are spelled out in 17
U.S.C. 110. (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.pdf)

Some of the more important of these are: 1.) classroom performance,
2.) performance in a church service, 3.) free concerts (no direct or
indirect admission charge), 4.) concerts where the proceeds are used
exclusively for charitable, religious, or educational purposes under
certain conditions.

Michael Nichols

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