Re: [Finale] OT : Research and Copyrighted Microforms
First and foremost, I am not a lawyer (IANAL). Secondly, it might be useful in discussing legal opinions to cite relevant case law. The most important case for US copyright law is 'Feist v. Rural', which was decided by the Supreme Court, and held that a minimum level of creativity was required for something to be copyrightable (in that case, an alphabetical telephone directory was not copyrightable). Subsequent cases have relied on this interpretation of Feist. An extremely important case in 1999 is the 'Bridgeman v. Corel' in which a District Court held that photo-realistic prints of public domain paintings were not copyrightable. To find the general facts of the case check Google or Wikipedia. Here is an interesting interpretation from one article (there are all sorts on the internet): http://www.panix.com/~squigle/rarin/corel2.html This only appies to copyright in the USA. Are there other cases which would have a bearing on copyrightability of photographic reproductions of public domain sources? Rafael Ornes Manager, CPDL [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cpdl.org ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] backwards conversion from 2005 to 2004
RSimon Troup écrit: >Still, considering the work that goes into templates and libraries, I'm >suprised that submission of finale files isn't a hot topic. I'd be very >concerned that composers wouldn't gut the files and use them as templates, >then just call me in for the difficult stuff!e: [Finale] backwards conversion from 2005 to 2004 In my situation, lack of backwards compatibility causes an endless series of headaches. The Choral Public Domain Library (http://www.cpdl.org) has ~2,500 Finale files available for download, in formats stretching from Filae 98 to 2005 (with XML and .ETF formats thrown in). I constantly field emails from conductors asking for older versions compatible with their software. As a result, I do what Noel suggested, i.e. keep 5 versions of Finale on my computer, and never save to an updated format, to allow the maximum compatibility. Of course, my situation is very different from yours, but it is becoming an increasingly common issue. Best, Rafael Ornes Choral Public Domain Library [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
