Subject: Re: Copying music for auditions
From: John Towler
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on 1/12/00 10:27, Jessica at jessicadw-at-earthlink.net wrote:

> That is precisely what I do - I give the accompanist the single sheet copies
> for ease of play but then someone dressed me down for having made a copy -
> another singer was truly upset - when I have the copy I purchased. Hmmmm,
> tis puzzlement.
>
> Jessica
>
> on 1/12/00 10:03 AM, soprano-at-telus.net wrote:
>> some songs have really
>> awkward page turns and it is much easier for the pianist to have a copy that
>> he or she can tape together in a more usable manner than the original. Not
>> sure what to do in this situation... Perhaps display the purchased copy in
>> case anyone has a problem?
>
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I'm not sure if this totally applies, but as far as computer software is
concerned, you are allowed to make as many copies as you want, providing
that only ONE copy of the software is in use at any time, per liscence.
Therefore, I belive that you could photocopy your music, providing you
bought the piece (and therefore the liscence to use it), and you are only
using the photocopied version, not both the photocopy and the original. Our
choir teacher at school makes it a habit to try and use photocopies, despite
the fact that she has a class set. She has bought the liscence for 30
copies, and therefore is allowed to have 30 copies in use at a time (rough
estimate). She then collects the photocopies afterwards, and see's what
condition they are in. This helps reduce operationg costs, ebcause let's
face it... we sometimes abuse our sheet music. Anything that is reusable,
she reuses, anything that is not is destroyed. She then never has to buy the
sheet music again.

I hope this clears things up.

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