Klarinet Archive - Posting 000194.txt from 2010/07

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:47:30 -0400

On 07/12/2010 05:23 AM, Bill Hausmann wrote:
> Yes, imposed upon the Stationers' Guild by the government. But long
> since removed.

"Copyright in its original form". Enthusiastically agreed to by the
Stationers, I believe -- their power to censor in this way was a major
part of their case for a Royal Charter.

> Which is exactly the point I am arguing. They saw copyright as
> property from the beginning. You just torpedoed your own argument.

Yeah, they (the publishers) wanted their copyright monopoly to be
treated like property. They saw that as in their interest, and
publishers (and some creators, by no means all) have been making that
argument ever since. The law, however, never agreed with them, for good
reasons (ones I've already described).
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