Indeed. Copyright is not something that you have to DO. It is something that automatically IS. It is a right that exists as soon as you produce an original work. What would be copyright about a price list, however, is the TYPOGRAPHICAL ARRANGEMENT of the prices into a list. The information or fact that a particular part costs a particular price, is not copyright. There is no copyright in facts or ideas; only in original WORKS produced using skill and judgement. It is the same with the piano numbers books like Pierce, as we discussed on here a couple of years ago. It would break copyright law to scan and reproduce a page of Pierce. But it would not breach copyright to use the piano numbers listed in it, in some other context (however much the publishers might care to suggest otherwise!). The information that a given flange costs a given price, does not constitute a WORK. The typographical arrangement of prices for all parts into a list, does constitute a WORK. Therefore, copying and reproducing the list, or work, is a breach of copyright. Distributing the information IN the list, in some other form, is not. More pertinent here, though, is the aspect of business confidentiality and business relationships. End of pedantic rant. Best regards, David Boyce. > It does not have to show specific copyright information. It is > copyrighted material by virtue of its having been written. (See pg. 3 > of the attached "Copyright Basics.") Like it or not, Steinway's price > list is copyrighted and the copyright is owned by its creator or by > the entity paying for its creation; in this case Steinway & Sons. To > reproduce it or to distribute it without their permission is a > violation of copyright law. > > Now, Steinway may or may not care if you distribute their document > without checking with them first---I have no idea what their position > might be---but that is their decision to make; not ours. > > ddf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110326/9467a08e/attachment.htm>
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