Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site burdvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!psuvax1!burdvax!bnapl From: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.legal Subject: Re: query on music copyright Message-ID: <2311@burdvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 09:42:49 EST Article-I.D.: burdvax.2311 Posted: Wed Jan 22 09:42:49 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jan-86 22:00:10 EST References: Reply-To: bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) Distribution: net Organization: Burroughs Corp. - SDG/Devon Lines: 39 Xref: watmath net.religion:8999 net.legal:2772 In article maa@ssc-bee.UUCP (Mark A Allyn) writes: >Relyzing that almost all of sheet music; the type of music that church >choirs and choruses use; is marked all over with copyright notices and >dire warnings of consequences of unauthorized copying, I have the >following question. I have sung in many church choirs and community >choruses in several parts of the country and many of them still continue >to use xeroxed copies of sheet music passed out to the members. As a singer, >I occasionally get music that is blatently marked 'Copying Prohibited' all >over it and yet is a xeroxed copy. The question is is can I as a choir member >get into trouble or the group as a whole or what? And why is it still going ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ >on despite the warnings? Obviously it seems that whatever enforcement there >is must be a joke otherwise I would think that these varous churches and >choruses would not be doing it. If I were a composer, I frandkly would be >very dissapointed. > >Thank in advance! > >Mark A. Allyn >!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!maa It is against the law to copy copyrighted information with the intent of defrauding the holder of the copyright out of his/her share of the preceeds from the material. When a musical group (sacred or secular) copies sheet music to avoid buying individual copies, that's illegal. As a Christian, once you know some activity is wrong you should try to avoid that activity at all costs. You may not get caught by the holders of the copyright, but you're already in trouble. Stuff like this gives Christianity a bad name. -- Tom Albrecht Burroughs Corp. ============ =============== The next time somebody said, "I find I can write much better with a word processor.", I replyed, "They used to say the same thing about drugs." Roy Blount, Jr.