COVID-19, Distance Learning, and Copyrights

Teaching music is challenging enough without having to deal with the cancellation of traditional classes, rehearsals, and performances. To help music teachers through this unprecedented time, we offer the following guidelines for using C. L. Barnhouse copyrighted publications during this pandemic.

If you purchased printed music or books for which the copyright is owned or administered by C. L. Barnhouse Co. or one of its publishing imprints (*see below), you may make digital versions of that material for use in the course of online or distance instruction, provided the following conditions are met.

• Such material must be provided to students in a secure and direct format. The material should not be posted or shared online in a way that could be accessed by others.
• Appropriate copyright notices as they appear on the printed music must be included in any digital versions.
• Sharing of any digital versions with others, aside from your students, is strictly prohibited.
• We reserve all other rights not expressly granted herein.
• Also, you are allowed to stream audio and video recordings of your ensemble’s performances of our copyrighted works during the pandemic.  Please note that this covers streaming (not downloadable) recordings, and applies only to the imprints listed below.

*Imprints owned by C. L. Barnhouse Co. include:

• C. L. Barnhouse Co.
• Birch Island Music Press
• Chesford Music Publications
• K. L. King Music House
• BOVACO Music Publications
• Arco String Publications

Copyright owners for which C. L. Barnhouse serves as authorized agent, and whose copyrights are included in this notice:

• Daehn Publications
• William Allen Music