On Jul 31, 2008, at 7:52 PM, Blake Richardson wrote:
I recently came across the complete handwritten manuscript scores
to the
films ALIEN and ALIENS at the Library of Congress, and in my spare
time I'm
transcribing them into Finale (they not surprisingly won't let you
photocopy
them) with the goal of printing them out and binding them to add to my
collection of film scores.
The problem I've run into is that both scores have such an
extensive list of
instrumentation that the only practical size for the printouts is
11x17
paper. (The handwritten ALIENS score is huge-- 12x36.) Neither
Kinko's nor
Staples can spiral bind a 17" document-- apparently their machines
can only
go up to 14"-- so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as
to where
else I might look to have it done or any other helpful thoughts on
binding.
I bind my 17" scores with a 14" binding, but I have it flush against
the bottom of the score and leave the 3" without a binding free at
the top. Any place will do it (but they don't have to in my case now
that I have the Akiles coil binder! Thanks NPC Imaging!) and it is
very convenient.
Also, my understanding of US copyright is that one may make one copy
of a library item for personal study only. That seems to apply in
this case, even though you are not actually photocopying the score.
What do they expect you to do with delicate library materials,
anyway? Study them, no doubt...
Christopher
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