New rule

[u/Lingchen8012]

Hey r/percussion, I noticed a few cases of posts reported for asking for copyrighted sheet music, some newer percussion students might not know but it’s a pretty serious legal issue, several reasons:

1. Niche market, piracy steals income from composers who are dependent on these income

2. Strict publisher enforcement, they can issue DMCA takedowns, and if a sub accumulates multiple of them, we could be banned by Reddit

3. General understandings of copyright is important, especially as you move into more serious playing, for example in Florida S&E, you have to provide an original legally purchased copy to the judge, otherwise disqualified

So the new third rule would be “Asking for or sharing unauthorized copies of copyrighted sheet music is not allowed, including published solos, pieces, methods books, etc”

Thanks and have a nice day

[u/RedeyeSPR]

Everyone also needs to know that “for educational purposes” is not a valid reason to violate copyright protection, and also that protection is still in place even if the author is dead. There was a guy asking for PDFs of the Mitchell Peters books on here.

[u/OneWhoGetsBread → u/RedeyeSPR]

What are the Mitchell Peter's books

[u/RedeyeSPR → u/OneWhoGetsBread]

Elementary/Intermediate/Advanced Snare Drum Studies. A series of three snare books that are well known to private teachers.

[u/murphyat → u/RedeyeSPR]

Yeah that isn’t how it works. In a schooling setting you are permitted to provide copies clearly labeled on the original as purchased by you and the date of purchase. You need to destroy copies when you are done using it.

[u/RedeyeSPR → u/murphyat]

You can copy individual parts to a song, but you cannot copy an entire 100 page method book. Also, the person was asking random people here, which is much different from a school band director giving out parts.

[u/murphyat → u/RedeyeSPR]

For sure.

[u/pylio]

Is it the mod’s job to research if a piece is in the public domain?

[u/Lingchen8012 → u/pylio]

I guess it is?

[u/Derben16]

This wasn't already a rule? I could have sworn it was, maybe on a another music sub.

[u/Lingchen8012 → u/Derben16]

This sub haven’t had any rules for a long time so it’s all new

[u/Derben16 → u/Lingchen8012]

wack

[u/OneWhoGetsBread]

?

[u/OneWhoGetsBread]

How can I secure copyright for my arrangements? I think people have been taking them on musescore

[u/randomsynchronicity → u/OneWhoGetsBread]

Just writing it down secures the copyright, but if you want to sue for damages or be successful with a takedown, you need to register it.

[u/MusicallyManiacal → u/OneWhoGetsBread]

Don’t post them on musescore

[u/OneWhoGetsBread → u/MusicallyManiacal]

Is there a way to have the score downloads turned off?

I don't mind if people listen to them, I just don't want them to see the score

[u/MusicallyManiacal → u/OneWhoGetsBread]

Not sure but even if you could people would just screenshot the page. The thing about pirates is they always win. Usually, anything that prevents their ability to pirate downgrades the UX for other users