Klarinet Archive - Posting 000133.txt from 2010/07

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:08:33 -0400

On 07/08/2010 04:50 AM, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> OK, they have a business model where they make their money by
> charging for something OTHER THAN the program, such as support
> services. Composers do not realistically have such an option.

Indeed, the thing sold is support and services; but the model also
relies on the existence of an intellectual commons of software, which is
what Free/Open Source software provides. Red Hat's own contributions to
the software are made available to everyone, but they get back huge
numbers of man-hours of software development time from all the other
companies that contribute.

One example of how you could make that work for music is composers who
make a living from educational projects -- running workshops for
children which involve performance of new works. The interest in having
a creative commons of music that the children can perform, adapt,
rewrite and so on without restriction might be greater than the "loss"
incurred by contributing some of one's own work to that commons.
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