copyright question?
I’m not an expert on copyright law at all, and I’m curious about whether or not the following situations violate copyright law for published works.
[in each case, the setting for use is directing choir in a public school]
1) I own enough copies of the work for all of my students to use, but I would prefer to make and distribute photocopies to my students. I will destroy all photocopies following the performance.
2) I own one copy of a work which is P.O.P. (permanently out of print) by the publisher. Can I make enough copies for my students to use?
3) Can I borrow the work from another school’s library?
4) If a work has recently entered public domain, can I photocopy a published version of the music? (as in, a piece was once published by Carl Fischer, and I bought a single copy from them years ago. The piece recently entered public domain…can I reproduce that single copy I have?
Thanks!!
I should mention, this is in the United States.
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter7/7-b.html
Hopefully this will help answer all of your questions.
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