Are rentals doable?

[bicinium]

Hi all,

There's sheet music in the public domain which is only available for hire from a single publisher. Is it feasible to rent such material for the sole purpose of scanning it in before sending it back? I figure it would be painfully expensive and require one to tell sweet lies to the publisher in question...

[Sallen112]

No don't scan rented material and post it on here!! Most of the time, this can break a contract if you signed if you do this sort of thing. And I realize how frustrating it is to only find things that should be easily to buy commercially.

[bicinium]

OK, noted, I guess I'll wait for them to stupidly put the whole thing on issuu.com then...

[Carolus]

Sam is correct. Usually publishers make you sign a rental contract so even though there is no copyright issue involved you can get into trouble for breach of contract.