Klarinet Archive - Posting 000273.txt from 2010/06

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:45:58 -0400

On 06/30/2010 09:05 PM, Gary Van Cott wrote:
> A lot of these songs are available legally for a couple of bucks on the
> internet. My daughter was a musical theatre major who graduated from
> college last year. She loves The Last Five Years. If we can afford to
> spend $50,000 plus for her to go to college we should be able to manage
> spend a little (probably wasn't more than $200) for music.

Yes, but as Eleanor pointed out, not everyone is lucky enough to have
lovely and sympathetic parents like you. Ease of access isn't a trivial
thing...

> It is a very short step from copying a few files to putting on a pirate
> production of a show like the Last Five Years.

A pirate production is a rather different matter, don't you think?
Remember that copyright (like vibrato :-P ) is not a 'yes/no' issue --
it can be (and is) applied differently in different circumstances.

One can be in favour of allowing non-commercial, personal sharing of
sheet music on the internet while not being in favour of allowing people
to mount a commercial performance without paying some kind of fee to the
composer and/or publisher.
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