Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 2010/07

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:58:21 -0400

On 07/08/2010 05:20 AM, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> There are exceptions, but , in the main, theaters do not commission
> and develop their own works. PRODUCERS do, with the assistance of
> writers, composers, directors, actors, etc. They RENT a theater to
> perform the work in. Some, like Rodgers and Hammerstein, formed a
> company to publish their own work. Others hire people to do
> it. Producers do shows to make money, and they need to make a LOT of
> money on their hits to cover the extensive losses on the flops. The
> overhead involved in producing a musical is ENORMOUS. (I recently
> finished reading a biography of Hal Prince.)

Important clarification, thank you Bill :-)

Still -- there is probably space for a producer model where the sheet
music itself can be freely copied, as long as productions pay fees.
Factor in the marketing aspect -- the free publicity and increased
number of shows due to availability of material -- and that's a
conceivable model.

It surely won't work for the current big production companies, but just
as small bands are finding advantages in filesharing it wouldn't
surprise me if there are smaller producers who will take advantage of a
model along those lines, and could have big long-term success doing so.
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