Tablets for music?

[The Big Ben]

Copyright?

I definitely see the utility of electronic writing and editing software. Definitely a faster way to compose and present a nice clean page of music.

But how is copyright handled? I was chatting with the director of the orchestra I play with. He is also a violist in a semiprofessional orchestra in the next larger town to the West. He said that much of their music was rented. So, they don't own much of the music they play. There is a stiff fine if any of the music is lost and not returned in the allotted period of time.

Much of the music and method books we play are in the public domain because of the expiration of the copyright. It would be handy if the pile of method books I have were on a tablet rather than in a pile of pages. However, one of the methods I have is the Arban's 'Preparatory Book for the Complete Method for BBb Tuba" by Young and Jacobs. It is a subset of the larger Arban's by Young and Jacobs for beginning and middle level tubists. (The inappropriate tough stuff is taken out and there is a suggested course of study provided.)

The book is copyrighted 2015 by Encore Music Publishers with this statement:

"No part of this work covered by the copyrights hereon may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system of transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying. recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without written permission of the publisher."

So, how are all you tablet people going to allow for this? How do you intend to put your copyrighted music on your tablet? Is there something in copyright law which would allow for copying of music onto electronic devices? It's something that is going to need to be looked at because tablets and whatnot aren't going anywhere.