How the folks on this list feel about this isn't the issue. What matters is how the composers feel about their music being published, and the only way to find that out is to ask them.
Let's say there's a musician who composes a good tune, so other musicians want to play it. Someone might transcribe it and want to share it, say by putting it online, for free, for other hobbyists to play, also for free. Or maybe he just hands out sheet music to his friends. No one is making money off this. Then what if the original composer later wants to publish a book of original tunes? The musicians who want that tune have already downloaded that tune for free, so there goes the potential market for that book. Yes, no one has made any money off of the composer's tune, but the composer has still been cheated. Under US copyright law at least, this is illegal. More importantly, it's a mean thing to do to our fellow musicians. I'm sure many musicians would be happy to share their music if you ask them, but the important thing is asking them. Melissa www.melissatheloud.com Paul Sherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think most people in the trad and folk world are happy to have people play their tunes. Whether they are happy to have them published as a manuscript (or other forms such as abc) is a different matter. Since Blowzabella publish the books as part of their income, they might well object to lost revenues if someone made a big ABC file and put it on the net. Any thoughts on how strongly people feel about this? Paul On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:33 PM, DEREK LOFTHOUSE wrote: > I am at work so i dont have the books here to check, but the 2nd Blowzabella > tune book says something to the effect of 'please feel free to play our > tunes, but credit us and something about royalties if you are making money > off of them'. > I think most people writing music in the 'trad' world are just happy to have > their tunes played. I've been to workshops with Gilles Chabenat and he > mainly works on his own tunes, so i think he is more than happy to see > people play them > > hope this helps a little > > derek __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
