Klarinet Archive - Posting 000205.txt from 2010/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:06:05 -0400

At 03:47 AM 7/12/2010, you wrote:
>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.

I'm sure it was not THEIR idea. The power to censor was not really
vested in THEM, but in the government, as is always the case.

> > 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).

The law largely DOES agree, or there would be no copyright law.

Bill Hausmann

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

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