Re: Times article

I think there may be more to the story than just editing one or two notes.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-8077-1168686,00.html


"He and other musicologists have long argued that they should be credited
with a copyright of such revivals of lost compositions, but many record
companies have refused.

He said that without the efforts of specialists such as himself, many pieces
of early music would be lost. Complete scores of work by composers such as
Lalande (1657-1726), principal court composer to Louis XIV and Louis XV,
often no longer exist and it takes considerable research to piece together
surviving notations, fill in missing sections, and eventually produce music
as close to the original as feasible."

But yes this is another area in which copyright law seems to break down.

cheers
Dan



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Subject: [Free-sklyarov-uk] Times article


> There is an interesting article on page 3 of the times this morning
> about the academic that managed to claim copyright on transcription of
> an old (out of copyright) piece of work by changing a single note.
>
> Never thought i'd be on the side of the record industry in a copyright
> debate.
>
> Said the judge:
> "I am not convinced that one can reject a claim to copyright in a new
> version of a musical work simply because the editorial composer has made
> no significant changes to the notes."
>
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