Re: Defining 4 \breve time in Carmina Burana

[Hans Åberg]

That is the lesser form. Sorry, the joke markup dropped out.


> On 6 Sep 2018, at 16:25, shane <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Cease and desist. And yes copyright here is a farce at this point. But don't 
> get afoul of the owners of the copyright. 
> 
> 
> 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Hans Åberg <address@hidden>
> Date: 9/6/18 8:51 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Cc: lilypond-user Mailinglist <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Defining 4 \breve time in Carmina Burana
> 
> 
> > On 6 Sep 2018, at 10:49, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > Hans Åberg <address@hidden> writes:
> > 
> >>> On 6 Sep 2018, at 03:07, Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> of course you are right, I misrepresented that and went too far –
> >>> sorry.  A reengraving is no different from a photocopy in that you
> >>> cannot give it to anybody or use it for performing, regardless
> >>> whether parts of that may not be enforcible. But you can do whatever
> >>> you want in your house, so to speak.
> >> 
> >> In fact, a few years ago, a guy engraved the very same piece and put
> >> it up on the net, and got a notice from the copyright holder asking
> >> merely to take it down.
> > 
> > That's the nice way of dealing with that situation.  A Cease&Desist
> > notice with lawyer fees attached is the neutral way.  Suing for
> > statutory and/or estimated damages (based on download numbers, possibly
> > estimated) is the non-nice way.
> > 
> > It depends on jurisdictions, public relations, the size and workload of
> > the respective legal department which of those options (and/or others)
> > will be chosen.  Also on whether the legal department is budgeted in a
> > manner where it is supposed to contribute to its salaries.
> 
> In the US, some copyright holders don't know much about it except that it is 
> something that helps them making money, so in the absence of legal checks, 
> they can set their legal department to write something forceful, like a 
> Disease and Cease to Exist letter.
> 
> 
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