On 25 Jul 2006 at 18:31, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 25.07.2006 Kim Patrick Clow wrote: > > I have no qualms about doing that either. I am going to print out a > > total of 25 cantatas out of this set of 800. Saur Verlag isn't > > losing any money from me as a potential client, because I could > > never afford $3,200.00 price tag for this microfiche collection. > > I'm told that since I'm only printing out a portion of this under a > > fair use provision for research, I'm in the clear. If I wanted the > > entire set of microfiches copied, that would be another story. > > Actually, I really think it makes a big difference depending on what > you are going to do with the print outs. If you are writing a thesis > on the cantatas you should be well clear. But if you are going to > publish, perform, record any of this, you may very well end up in big > trouble. Big, big trouble. Especially if you are working on previously > unpublished works or variants.
But the clash there is with the original MSS, and the archive that has them, not with the publisher of the microform. When my piano quartets get published I will seek permission of the libraries from whom I acquired copies, even though they are copies of non-unique printed editions, simply because I want to make sure I'm not stepping on anyone's toes. I'll also provide them with a printout of my score, if they'd like to have it (as long as the publisher allows it -- seems only fair, I think). For MSS, like Foerster's 1803 piano octet, I'll be definitely required to seek permission, as I'm working from a microfilm of an unpublished autograph (acquired direct from the ÖNB). -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
