Klarinet Archive - Posting 000150.txt from 2010/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:00:27 -0400

At 12:08 PM 7/8/2010, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
>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.

They are trading services, not intellectual property.

>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.

There is more than enough public domain music available for such purposes.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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