Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 2009/02

From: Glenn Kantor <klarinet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fair Use
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:51:12 -0500

Kids routinely show up at lessons with copies of their District Festival,
All-County Music, etc...

Their school band music, when they happen to bring their band folder to
lessons, I notice is almost 100% copies.

In fact - I am actually surprised when I actually see an original part.

After their concerts are over, these copies are never collected and the
students keep them in their folders for (seemingly) years on end.

All-State Festivals and All-Eastern Festivals? I can't recall ever seeing a
Xerox copy of a piece.

Glenn B Kantor (GBK)

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Blumberg" <blummy@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Fair Use

> It seems nowadays that even District Bands are sending copies (ALL COPIES)
> to the students and yes, EVEN PERFORMING with them.
>
> That's to me pretty high profile but that's what they are doing as I've
> seen it firsthand. And a lot of school systems aren't using the originals
> at all except to copy backups to pass out to the students.
> So the original part is being protected, but is wear and tear, loss to be
> expected and a part of the overall cost of playing that piece? If you
> have 24 Clarinets and only 12 parts, is copying the other 12 right?
>
> Doubt it, but that's the common and reoccurring theme.
>
> Maybe the music company should be glad that one Band Director didn't share
> his library with another.......?
>
> Then there's the rental issue. Why rentals even exist boggles me.
>
>
> David Blumberg
> http://www.mytempo.com
>
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