Copyright Issues

[Adrian A. Durlester <durleste...>]

Rich:

You took the words out of my mouth. The correct answer to the Julie Silver 
question is: buy her songbook. It's available from Tara or Soundswrite.

As professionals, we should own professional tools-and that includes printed 
music. If you are capable of transcribing it yourself, more power to you. But 
if you choose to share it with others, that's between you and your God. Jewish 
educators and songleaders are notorious for their often blatant disregard of 
copyright. It's a shanda. Now, copyright law does make certain special 
provisions for liturgical music when performed in liturgical settings. So we 
have some leeway. Note, however, that the industry trade organization for camps 
(including Jewish ones) has an agreement with ASCAP and BMI-and it is a 
negotiated license with strict provisions.

On the other hand...

As professionals, we should also help each other out when we can. But we help 
each other best when we steer us down the paths of righteous behavior.

Adrian


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Adrian A. Durlester  -  durleste (at) plains(dot)nodak(dot)edu
Production Manager, Festival Concert Hall, North Dakota State University
Director of Music, Temple Beth El, Fargo ND
List-Owner for hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org; Co-Owner for L-Torah (at) 
shamash(dot)org
Editor, Bim Bam (for Torah Aura Productions)
Evening Program Chair, CAJE 23 - San Antonio TX, Aug 9-13, 1998
Alternate Email: aad (at) iname(dot)com  adriand (at) aol(dot)com