Klarinet Archive - Posting 000158.txt from 2010/07

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:17:55 -0400

On 07/09/2010 05:16 AM, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> At 12:43 PM 7/8/2010, you wrote:
>> On 07/08/2010 05:34 AM, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>>> Catchy, cute, and COMPLETELY wrong!!! But very soothing to those who
>>> would like to justify their own actions.
>>
>> Oh, one other thing. It says "copying is not theft", not "copying is
>> not copyright infringement". :-)
>
> But since "distributing unauthorized copies without permission" =
> copyright infringement

True, fair use exceptions aside.

> and "copyright infringement" = theft,

Not true: different offences under law, regardless of what moral
equivalence you see.

> therefore distributing unauthorized copies without permission = theft.

Hence, not true. :-)

> But the nearest you can get to comparing "Fair Use" to any physical
> property equivalent is "borrowing." The item is not used up or damaged,
> and the owner retains his rights of ownership.

I'm wondering how it is possible to "use up" or "damage" a piece of
music by taking a copy of it ... ?

And _that_'s why intellectual works are _not_ the same as property --
because they're a resource you can draw from near infinite times without
ever using them up.

There is a concern that the _supply of new works_ may grow less if you
don't apply short-term restrictions to copying, but -- in the internet
age more than ever -- that isn't clear; and the question of what those
restrictions should be is even less clear.
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