I recently responded to an "S.O.S." from a forum member who is preparing for an audition. I sent mp3s of the same piece from two different classical saxophone CDs. Two other forum members posted with comments concerning copyright. I've haven't seen this issue raised in this thread before so at the risk of sounding naive, I'm asking to be educated.
Is sending one selection from a professionally recorded CD for the sole purpose of providing a model of artistic interpretation for a fellow student preparing the same piece for an audition wrong? Isn't this the same as a professor who allows students to borrow recordings from his CD library to guide and inspire them? But even if it is legal, is it ethical and respectful to the artist who recorded the CD?
Should the fact that classical saxophone recordings have a tiny market and that many of the legendary recordings of iconic artists are only on out-of-print LPs (with virtually no chance that the legal owners of the master tapes will release them commercially again) affect the issue? Certainly unauthorized copying and distributing CDs for profit can't be defended, but is it unethical--or even practical--to insist that there be no copying of any CDs for any reason?
What are the boundaries?
Is sending one selection from a professionally recorded CD for the sole purpose of providing a model of artistic interpretation for a fellow student preparing the same piece for an audition wrong? Isn't this the same as a professor who allows students to borrow recordings from his CD library to guide and inspire them? But even if it is legal, is it ethical and respectful to the artist who recorded the CD?
Should the fact that classical saxophone recordings have a tiny market and that many of the legendary recordings of iconic artists are only on out-of-print LPs (with virtually no chance that the legal owners of the master tapes will release them commercially again) affect the issue? Certainly unauthorized copying and distributing CDs for profit can't be defended, but is it unethical--or even practical--to insist that there be no copying of any CDs for any reason?
What are the boundaries?