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Author: hans
Date: 2003-06-21 23:48
I have read the copyright materials on the U.S. Library of Congress web site and also the Government of Canada's site, but I can not find an answer to this question:
For a number of years, I have used a music creation program (Sheetmusic 2.0) to rewrite the melody lines from (typically piano) music I have bought so that I can play it on clarinet or sax. In a sense I am copying music, although not on a copier, and lately I have been wondering if this violates anyone's copyright.
I would appreciate opinions or comments from BB participants who have expertise in this field.
Hans
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Author: Avie
Date: 2003-06-22 00:10
I dont know. Is transposing over the internet against the law? It sounds like a great way to transpose! If it is within the law then I would really like to learn how to do it myself.
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Author: Webby
Date: 2003-06-22 00:28
We whipped through the copyright session at a recent music ed. workshop, but from what we did do, I think it's probably against copyright if you perform it (because you are altering their work). Depending on what you are doing with it, you may need to pay arrangment rights. If you're just playing it for fun, I don't think anyone will care.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2003-06-22 00:34
Webby wrote:
> We whipped through the copyright session at a recent music ed.
> workshop, but from what we did do, I think it's probably
> against copyright if you perform it (because you are altering
> their work).
Derivative works (arrangements of any kind) need permission of tihe copyright holder. That may or may not cost you anything.
Fair use is a different animal (short sections for educational/research publication and use only, not entire works).
> If you're just playing it for fun, I don't think anyone will care.
I agree.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2003-06-22 17:50
I find it a shame that this is even an issue. Copyright originated and was intended to give the inventor/creator a temporary monopoly on their original work in order to encourage the production of such work. It's sad that copyrights are rarely viewed in that context any more.
In that context, it would seem that you bought a copy of the music, and you are, in effect, taking scissors and glue to your piece of paper. Derivative works to distribute, obviously, require permission from the owner. However, I don't think that transposition or modification, by someone who has purchased a copy, falls under a derivative work. If this was so, everyone who took any liberties, added a trill, put in a crescendo when one wasn't written, changed the tempo, or missed a note, would have to get the holder's permission, since it is still the same piece. Writing these things down, making a copy, and giving them to someone else would require permission. Making and distributing a recording of the modified work, just like a recording of the original work, would require the owner's permission as well.
I think Webby hit it on the nose, though, that it depends on what you are doing with it.
That's how I interpret it, anyways.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2003-06-22 18:15
I've just gotten a heads up that physical copies with changes are derivative work, while non-written changes are not. Makes sense, I guess, since it is COPYright.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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