Travis Glaab wrote: >on 12/18/02 7:20 PM, Phil Taylor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> It's a bit more complicated than that. >> >> Try here: >> >> http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm > > >O.K. That applies to original work, correct? > >What about traditional or folk songs that are first collected and then >published, for example Stan Hugill's collections of Sea Shanties? > >Would it be legal to exchange individual tunes transcribed from a text, with >bibliographical info included with the tune? > >The entire collection of tunes from a specific text transcribed and put into >a single abc file would be a violation. > >The book or collection is the protected work, the tunes themselves are >public domain?
IANAL, but I'd guess that's true. "Fair Use" permits you to reproduce a part of a copyrighted work for academic or other non-profit purposes, provided this has no negative impact on sales of the original work, but reproducing the whole collection is always likely to get you into trouble. How big a part you can reproduce is left open, and would probably take a court case to decide. It's always safest to seek permission from the copyright holder. Phil Taylor To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
