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kitarist -> RE: Technique question (Nov. 5 2019 18:03:41)

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(makes me wonder if it was alright to post those few screenshots. I'm fairly certain that under French law posting one page like that is fine, but I don't really know for other countries)


It is OK because copyright has limitations. A couple of important ones are fair use, for criticism/discussion, and for educational purposes. Posting a small excerpt of a work in response to a specific question about a chord/measure is squarely into educational purposes and discussion/criticism, so it does not violate copyright.

Separately, by the letter of the law any derivative work which was produced illegally cannot acquire copyright protections, so...



Piwin -> RE: Technique question (Nov. 7 2019 19:37:11)

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fair use


I can't seem to find that concept in French. In fact, most articles I find just use "fair use" as is ("le fair use est ..."). I think the closest thing we have in French law is the "droit de courte citation" ("right of short quotations" I guess). In the French IP Code, there's an article (122-5 3a if you really want to nerd out) that comes close to fair use: "l'auteur ne peut interdire (...) les analyses et courtes citations justifiées par le caractère critique, polémique, pédagogique, scientifique ou d'information de l'oeuvre à laquelle elles sont incorporées".

However, it is unclear to me how this applies to music scores. It allows for "short quotations" but what is considered a "short quotation" varies depending on the nature of the work. I know that there are sectorial agreements that cover music scores. For instance, in education, you can hand out up to 3 consecutive pages provided it doesn't exceed 10% of the whole piece. But that applies to official education bodies that are signatories to that agreement. Music schools have more leeway, but only if they sign (and pay for) an agreement with the "Société des éditeurs et auteurs de musique" (SEAM). Being covered by neither, I'm not sure what the maximum for a "short quotation" would be on an open-acess forum like this.

Confusing as hell [&:]



kitarist -> RE: Technique question (Nov. 7 2019 22:03:49)

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there's an article (122-5 3a if you really want to nerd out) that comes close to fair use: "l'auteur ne peut interdire (...) les analyses et courtes citations justifiées par le caractère critique, polémique, pédagogique, scientifique ou d'information de l'oeuvre à laquelle elles sont incorporées".

However, it is unclear to me how this applies to music scores. It allows for "short quotations" but what is considered a "short quotation" varies depending on the nature of the work.


Yeah, that sounds like what fair use is trying to cover as a concept.

For example in the US, there are a number of factors to consider in order to evaluate 'fair use', the law even spells out the main four in section 107, as seen here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

If you click on that page on the NOTES tab, you will see a discussion and guidelines on what this means in practice.

P.S. You may also find this interesting: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2011/01/who-said-france-does-not-have-fair-use



Piwin -> RE: Technique question (Nov. 7 2019 23:11:47)

Interesting. I can already see some differences pop up, the major one being the 1992 addition of "The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use (...)" In French law there is no "fair use" on unpublished works, as far as I know. I'd have to dig a little deeper though, since the term used in French is "divulgué", which may have different implications than "published" would.

Re: Google, it seems there's always some legal proceedings underway with them in France. Currently the big one is on their rights to publish titles and introductory sentences of press articles in their search results. I believe I read that Google was going to back down on that one, though I haven't been following it closely.



mark indigo -> RE: Technique question (Nov. 12 2019 18:03:59)

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Faucher’s mistakes came in handy after he started publishing legit books (that myself and msybe 5 other guys ever bought?


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I didn't realise I was in such an exclusive group having purchased one of his books.


Me too, i have a stack of them. I don't use them much though. If i want to play something i learn it from the recording, but it's nice to have alain's transcription to "compare notes" with or help out if I'm really stuck.



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