Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mhuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!mhuxd!cwc From: cwc@mhuxd.UUCP (Chip Christ) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: copyright and the little guy Message-ID: <1278@mhuxd.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 19:32:57 EST Article-I.D.: mhuxd.1278 Posted: Tue Mar 20 19:32:57 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Mar-84 03:32:57 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 16 - For those who doubt that a publisher would take the trouble to sue some "little guy" who only made a few copies, I offer the following tidbit as best I can recall it. Seems that a small-town choir director took a fancy to a piece of (Christmas/Easter/whatever special occasion) music, purchased the sheet music and made copies for the choir members. Somehow, the publisher found out about it, sued the director, the church and everyone else he could, and WON. I believe even the performance was cancelled because the director wouldn't/couldn't pay the royalty. Of course he got even (sort of) by making sure the incident made the national news, but only after it rained on his parade. Chip