>On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 5:51 AM, dc <den...@free.fr> wrote: > >> All of Minkoff's facsimiles have a very restrictive >copyright notice. >> Not only do they state the facsimile can't be copied, but >also that it >> can't be transcribed, even partially. I'd be curious to know >how much >> of this is bluff... >> > >I can tell you Dennis, that the staff at the New York Public >Library are insanely anal retentive about copyright laws. For >example, in the music reading room at the Performing Arts >Branch at Lincoln Center, if want something copied, you are >required to fill out forms, then the staff then looks >everything over with a fine-tooth comb, and if they agree, the >approving person will stamp and sign the document which you >THEN take to a copying room and give to another staff person >who does the actual photocopying for you. > >The librarian I spoke with was very clear about this point in >regards to the Saur Verlag reproductions, and told me I could >photocopy them, scan them into a USB card, ANYTHING I wanted >because U.S. law doesn't honor the ability to copyright such >reproductions. She allowed me to copy a symphony manuscript >reproduction that was in the Garland series because of this >precise point.
I think that they are absolutely corrrect. The Minkoff notice on a facsimile edition that I have says: "WARNING: This publication is protected by Swiss law on copyright. Any reporduction or transcription - even partial - by any means, is an infringement punishable according to articles 42 ff of said law." It could be that Swiss law is this protective, so I will just transcribe the work all I want and stay out of Switzerland! _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
