| From: Shanna Hollich Subject: Re: Copying music for auditions To: VOCALIST <vocalist> Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
I'm not sure if someone from this list sent this a while back or if it was someone from one of the other lists I'm on, but there's a wonderful website at http://jwpepper.com/copyrightres.html that has quite a bit of information about copyrights and photocopying music, etc. I encourage everyone to go there and read through the material; I keep a print-out copy of it in my bookbag as a reference for my directors during band/choral groups. Anyway, included below is the simple outline they give of when one can and cannot photocopy. There is a wealth of additional information at the site.
WHEN CAN I PHOTOCOPY? When can I photocopy? This question is asked every day by music educators nationwide. Most music educators want to respect the rights of copyright owners, but are sometimes confused as to when it is permissible to legally reproduce a copyrighted work. The following situations are based on the copyright law of 1976, and list what you can do without having secured prior permission:
Emergency copying to replace purchased copies which for any reason are not available for an imminent performance, provided they are replaced with purchased copies.
For academic purposes other than performance, multiple copies of excerpts of works may be made, provided that the excerpts do not comprise a part of the whole which would constitute a performable unit such as a section, movement or aria but in no case more than 10% of the whole work. The number of copies shall not exceed one copy per pupil.
Printed copies which have been purchased may be edited or simplified, provided that the fundamental character of the work is not distorted or the lyrics, if any, altered or lyrics added if none exist.
A single copy of recordings of performance by students may be made for evaluation or rehearsal purposes and may be retained by the educational institution or individual teacher.
A single copy of a sound recording (such as a tape, disc or cassette) of copyrighted music may be made from sound recordings owned by an educational institution or an individual teacher for the purpose of constructing aural exercises or examinations and may be retained by the educational institution or individual teacher. (This pertains only to the copyright of the music itself and not to any copyright which may exist in the sound recording.)
WHEN I MAY NOT PHOTOCOPY! The following are expressly prohibited:
Copying to avoid purchase
Copying music for any kind of performance, with the only exception of making a copy of a lost part in an emergency, if it is replaced with a purchased part in due course
Copying without including copyright notice
Copying to create anthologies or compilations
Reproducing material designed to be consumable, such as workbooks, standardized tests and answer sheets
Charging customers beyond the actual cost involved in making copies as permitted.
I hope this helps. :)
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