Klarinet Archive - Posting 000284.txt from 2009/02

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fair Use
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:37:55 -0500

Bruce's posting reminds me of a problem brought up on this list
several years ago about the possibility, today with Finale and
Sibelius, that a student would show up for a competition with his/her
own sequenced and printed version of a work long in the public domain
or which would be submitted to the panel before the event.

Is this allowed yet? Comments, anyone?

Oliver

At 07:53 AM 2/12/2009, you wrote:
>Greetings all!
>De-lurking for the moment.
>For our last County Honor Band Auditions, the director asked a bunch of
>local music teachers, both public and private, to write the material for
>auditions. Since some of us were also going to be adjudicators, that
>also meant we had input as to what we wanted to hear. Just thought I'd
>share.
>Re-lurking now,
>Regards,
>Bruce Hunter
>
>David Blumberg wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > The 2009 Woodwind.Org Donation Drive is going on right now - see
> > https://secure.donax-us.com/donation/ for more information.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>The 2009 Woodwind.Org Donation Drive is going on right now - see
>https://secure.donax-us.com/donation/ for more information.
>------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------
The 2009 Woodwind.Org Donation Drive is going on right now - see
https://secure.donax-us.com/donation/ for more information.
------------------------------------------------------------------