I have been selling my music as PDFs for a while now and was wondering the same things. I recently ordered some music from another composer by means of PDF and email, and noticed that when I got it there was a note at the bottom of each page 1 below the copyright notice: "This score and set of parts is for the exclusive use of Christopher Smith." This way, if it shows up online, he knows who went ahead and pirated it.
Now, this might seem a bit extreme, along the lines of one of my colleagues who stamped every piece of sheet music he owns with a rubber stamp reading "Stolen from the library of [his name]". Every time I play in his band I get that ridiculous stamp in my line of sight. What an assumption! Christopher On Tue Mar 27, at TuesdayMar 27 11:15 PM, Paul Hayden wrote: > Apologies if you also subscribe to the SCI list: > > I've been selling my compositions as paper sheet music for years, but I'm > getting more and more requests for PDFs. I feel a little uneasy about this > since a PDF (even with a password) can be posted online or emailed to anyone > who wants it for free. > > Any thoughts on this from publishers, composers, or engravers currently > selling PDFs? > > Thanks for any insight! > > Paul Hayden > > > Magnolia Music Press > <www.paulhayden.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
