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<font face="Arial">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. <br>
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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.<br>
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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!).<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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More pertinent here, though, is the aspect of business
confidentiality and business relationships.<br>
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End of pedantic rant.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
David Boyce.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"; color: navy;">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"; color: navy;">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.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Comic Sans
MS"; color: navy;">ddf</span></blockquote>
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