Klarinet Archive - Posting 000000.txt from 2010/07

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:08:37 -0400

Joseph Wakeling posted:

<<<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.>>>

. . . and . . .

<<<On the other hand, if you have a PDF of some sheet music on your
computer, I can create an exact copy of that PDF on my computer while
leaving your copy intact; and the entire copying process takes a tiny
fraction of time, CPU power and network bandwidth.>>>

Replace a $3.99 "song" with a $399 "software program." Easy to copy with
the click of a button. Is it still OK, if it's just not "commercial"?

The only difference is that stealing sheet music (and recordings) is both
cheap and easy.

Stealing a car is (usually) a felony. Stealing a pack of gum isn't;
shoplifting is (usually) a misdemeanor. Stealing music is . . . still
stealing.

kjf

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