Re: GDP: welcome, helpers!

[Trevor Bača]

On 9/25/07, Mats Bengtsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Quoting Trevor Bača <address@hidden>:
> >> One concern: is Ravel mutopia-worthy?  How long has he been dead?  I
> >> hate to ask, but... :(
> >
> > Ravel died in 1937 but the Sonatine was finished earlier, in 1905
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonatine_%28Ravel%29). Isn't copyright
> > something like 75 years max? If so the Sonatine should be public by
> > now, though it's possible that any of his various publishers along the
> > way may have taken out renewals or something.
>
> Please read the information at Mutopia, that was referred in an earlier
> email, before spreading rumors like this. The 75 years are after the
> death of the composer (or arranger or whoever holds the copyright).

Mats (and Graham),

Please understand that there is a difference between piracy and
citation. No one is proposing the addition of a playable or readable
copy of anything to Mutopia or any other resource.

Turns out ...

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

... that fair use is American law. Perhaps that explains the confusion
on the list.


Trevor.




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Trevor Bača
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