[WikiEN-l] Question for copyright savvy folks

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

They key to fair use of such material is the percentage/amount you are
using. How many pages are those scores?
Mgm


On 3/31/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:52:06 +0100, "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >For the questions on fair use of the scans: do the scans add something
> >to the article that you really just can't get any other way? With
> >album and book covers, it's *the* cover for the album. Is a score
> >regarded that way?
>
> It's functionally equivalent to a short sound clip, without the
> additional burden of being one person's interpretation of the work. Or
> you might liken it to a photograph of an individual.  It is a picture
> of the work described.
>
> Does it add to the article in a unique and meaningful way?  I'd argue
> very strongly yes.  If you read music, the excerpt tells you an
> enormous amount about the work.  The out-of-copyright ones, which
> would mainly apply to Victorian music hall performers, are very
> unlikely to be rejected from those articles.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_%28Durufl%C3%A9%29 in case I
> didn't link last time.  Doesn't mean much if you don't read music, of
> course.
>
> Guy (JzG)
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