[Rumori] my tedious journey through the brave new copyright world

[Sam Stephens]

On 5 Feb 2004 at 10:10, stephen hastings-king wrote:

> list comrades!

> 4. what are the alternatives?  i was going to ask the students to buy a 
> bunch of cds, but even at a place like this one, there are limits to 
> how much i can ask the students to pay for a given class--for example, 
> the jazz class is using a textbook that has its virtues (mark gridley's 
> jazz styles) most of which are counterbalanced by the extortionate 
> price ($80.-)...library reserve might be an option, but it imposes real 
> constraints on the utility of the music as a form of ear training...so 
> these restrictions on access seem primarily as yet another pressure 
> that reinforces the class divisions within a given student population...
> 

While I was at jazz school the school had a huge library of CDs - I heard a huge amount of 
good music while I was there because of this... could this be an option for your course?

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