Klarinet Archive - Posting 000303.txt from 2009/02

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Fair Use
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:57:58 -0500

Tom Puwalski posted:

<<<Is it just me or does this whole exchange just seem really stupid?
Copyright infringement suits all boil down to one thing, how much the
copyright holder feels the alleged violator has impacted on them
financially. If you copy a part that you bought for your own use, you
haven't really impacted anyone financially so while it might not be
legal, you most likely wouldn't get sued. Xerox the all the parts to
a commission your middle school band purchased, and sell illegal
copies, you might have a problem. In both cases you would be writing
the lawyer a check up front.

Tom Puwalski, the artist formerly known as Sarge who spent 20 years
in an Army band watching some incredibly ignorant people try real
hard to fake intelligence>>>

Your first paragraph is *exactly* on point.

Your second paragraph is *exactly* on point - but not limited to the Army.
It is probably a Universal Truth.

kjf

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