[HPforGrownups] Re: Audioplays: DD/PoU?

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 10638

heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, John Walton <john at w...> wrote:
>> 
>> Hmm. Unless we actually got together to record it during the tour or
>> something, it'd be hard to do individual voices. Rather, I
> recommend doing
>> it chapter by chapter. This is, of course, assuming that it's not
> illegal to
>> do so :)
>> 
> 
> Yeah, sorry, copyright infringement, blah, blah, blah.
> An audio recording of a book when said recording is affixed onto
> recordable media, like a hard drive, tape player, videotape or cd is
> a derivative work of the original book, and therefore if no
> permission is granted, it's an infringement.
> Bleah. I liked the idea a lot! But if we do get together for the tour
> (I should say WHEN - we *will* do this eventually (newbies, go to
> http://www.egroups.com/messages/HPTour if you want more info)) we can
> do a private "reading" of portions of the book - as long as nobody
> records it (or we can try for permission - we don't have to go to WB -
> Scholastic, Bloomsbury or Raincoast (the canadian pubs) would be the
> source for that)

::sudden thought:: Okay, Heidi (and other legal folks) -- would a recording
of Draco Dormiens or PoU, assuming Cassie/Lori agrees, be an infringement on
JKR/WB's rights? Cassie/Lori, what are your thoughts on the matter?

--John

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John Walton                 john at walton.to

"Con-ser-va-tive, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as
distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others."
--Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary", 1842-c.1914

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