It has come to my attention that at least one copy of our Hurdy-gurdy Method has been copied to the point of extinction. By doing this instead of buying a copy reduces the income of the author (my wife) and the publisher (myself). I consider this to be an unscrupulous and scurvy thing to do and amounts to theft, which is why copying is illegal. I think anyone who uses such a copy at a festival or workshop should be banned. I would add an Arabic curse: May his crotch be infested with fleas and may his arms be too short to scratch. I had been toying with the idea of making copies post free to students, but this toy is now back in the cupboard. MM
Can anyone say why I am getting loads of [EMAIL PROTECTED] messages directly to my own email address? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Sherwood Sent: 10 April 2008 18:51 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: copyrighted material was Re: [HG] Music Melissa, I know it wasn't clear from my message but when I said 'how strongly people feel' I was thinking of the composers feelings, not the general list. Hopefully there are some composers (or people who know their thoughts) on this list who might comment. Paul On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Melissa Kacalanos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.11/1368 - Release Date: 09/04/2008 16:20
