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 Re: Downloading Classical Music
Author: beejay 
Date:   2007-08-28 11:21

It seems that the original question was written in an academic context, but has strayed off into an argument about copyright and big, bad corporations.

But it seems to me that the original question begs another: what is the difference in legal or ethical terms between a written text and a musical text?

For example, I have just downloaded a 1980s piece from the New York Times and a few articles from Early Music, the Musical Quarterly and the Revue de Musicologie in connection with a thesis I am writing. At the same time, I have some borrowed books from the library and a large stack of books that I have bought myself. I use all of this for general background, and correct academic fashion I will attribute any direct borrowing in footnotes or in the bibliography.

Similarly, I have scraps of music taken from here and there on my hard disk, which I keep to remind myself of musicians or compositions I may not necessarily like and which I will wipe when I've finished my project; I have lots of scores and Midi files. I have a few CDs I borrowed from the library and I have hundreds of CDS I bought myself.

If I copy a paragraph fom Early Music into my notes, that is legitimate. If I copy a passage from one of my CDs into a music data base to which only I have access, I am breaching copyright? Seems weird, doesn't it?

Lest there be any misunderstanding, I strongly support the French concept of Droit d'Auteur. If I hear music I like, I buy the CD and play it on my hifi, not my computer. An MP3 played through computer speakers sounds like the antithesis of music to me.
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