Date sent: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:14:19 EST
Subject: Re: Photocopying Music (long)
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 01/14/2000 6:48:49 PM Central Standard Time,
bigtenordale-at-angelfire.com writes:

<< I feel the same way as some of you seem to about purchasing a book of
music for just one song. No way. Not at the price of some music books. I
don't know about any of you, but I cannot afford to pay over $30.00 (Can.)
for some things just for one song. >>

And I am starting to feel about certain big music companies the way I feel
about Philip Morris and other conglomerations... they own everything. There
is a certain company that will publish collections featuring the same songs,
over and over, and in order to get one song that's only available in one
book, you need to buy the book. Never mind that this means you now have
EIGHT copies of the song "On my own" and you never wanted even one in the
first place, if you want a copy of a certain song without violating
copyright, you are now the proud possessor of yet another copy of "On my
own."

Chris Thomas
Mezzo-Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI

"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"