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From: Shanna Hollich
Subject: Re: Copying music for auditions
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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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