Klarinet Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 2010/07

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:23:24 -0400

On 07/01/2010 04:05 PM, bhausmann1@-----.net wrote:
> But why would anyone bother to produce the milk, car, book, or whatever in the first place if others could just freely copy it without paying for it? There would never be an original TO copy without the composer, author, publisher, or manufacturer being able to support himself by the endeavor.

Why did Mozart, Beethoven and others bother to produce their
compositions when others could (and did) freely copy them after they
were produced?

Why did Shakespeare write his plays when actors could (and did) run off
to other companies and perform their own versions?

Don't assume that just because there is not payment per copy of a given
creation, that there need not be revenue streams that derive from it ...

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