OK,
I've been faced with a conundrum. I was told today that excerpts from three pieces on Saturday night's concert were filmed and placed on YouTube. On one level, I am flattered that someone thought enough of the performance that they would take the time to film it and place excerpts on YouTube. Perhaps this is someone who read yesterday's posting and thought that they would help spread the word and build the audience by giving it more profile in the YouTube community. If these are this person's reasons, I have to thank him for his efforts.
On the other hand, what has happened is theft. The work of the composers, publishers, arrangers and performers has been stolen and distributed without any of their permission. Is PSWE going to loose revenue or are the members going to suffer financial hardship because of this act? I very much doubt it. Are the composers going to lose income over this? Are the publishers going to lose sales? It is highly unlikely that any of this will happen. The important point is that none of the people who have ownership of this property have been consulted. Mr. Marshall has not heard our recording of his piece yet. Perhaps, when he hears it he will claim that we were so far off the mark from his intentions, that he asks for the archival recording to be destroyed. Again, I very much doubt that this will happen but, he has the right to protect his intellectual property. By posting this video to YouTube, that right has been taken away from him.
I don't know the person who took this video. I have a name and brief profile. I have to assume that no harm was intended and hope that our best interests were the motivation behind recording and publishing these videos. I would have to ask people to think twice about recording the concerts of others without their permission. If you are interested in recording's of our music, we have four CD's for sale that we will gladly get to you. If there are enough people who are interested in seeing our concerts in video format, we can investigate archiving them and getting permission from all stakeholders for distribution in this format. But until that happens, please respect the rules of the theatre and do not record, in any way shape or form, concerts that are not your own.
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2 comments:
"Mr. Marshall has not heard our recording of his piece yet. Perhaps, when he hears it he will claim that we were so far off the mark from his intentions, that he asks for the archival recording to be destroyed."
Actually Marc, on the basis of that Youtube clip I wish in a way they'd recorded the whole thing - some distinguished and expressive playing in evidence. Thank you!
But it IS a conundrum. A few months ago, by chance I came upon about half a dozen Youtube performances of my little folksong arrangement 'Minoi, Minoi'. Many of them were very poor (though that's beside the point!) but not one acknowledged my authorship. I understand that, even if permission were given, there is currently no way composer (or performer) royalties can be collected from Youtube. And, given the standard of most of THESE performances this is exposure I could probably do without!
Chris Marshall
That's the whole issue, isn't it? The rights are taken away from the creators. If a composer, like yourself, Chris, wants to distribute a recording of their piece free of charge AND they have the permission of the performers, then they have the right to do that. For someone else to do that would be akin to walking into someone's house, taking their belongings and giving them all away. If that's what the owner wishes, fine. Anyone else who does this is stealing.
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