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"Jonathan J Quick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Dominic Cronin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > You rather remind me of the public library where I went to photocopy > > some music. Behind the counter was a large notice saying "It is > > illegal to photocopy music". I had to explain to the librarian that it > > was the notice that was wrong, and not me, as the music I wanted to > > photocopy was my own manuscript of some tunes that had been for quite > > long enough to be out of copyright. > > My violin study books have "It is illegal to photocopy music" on each and > every page, totally ignoring the fact that most of the music therein are > folk tunes attributed to "Anon" or stuff that's out of copyright anyway. > What they really want to say is "please be fooled into continuing to buy our > products". > > JJ > Or maybe what they're saying is: "Quite a lot of effort has gone in to gathering, compiling, printing, publishing and distributing these books so it would be nice if you could reward our efforts by buying our products rather than stealing them". Dave.
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