On 25 Oct 2007 at 11:58, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > Music publishing, especially of smaller publishers, actually blossoms in > Europe right now, I don't think there have ever been so many small > publishers actually making money.
The NY Times had an article yesterday about the Swiss threatening laws in German-speaking countries that prohibit discounting book prices, and the arguments involved there. I think it rather makes sense for countries speaking a relatively rare language to have laws like this, as it encourages publications that otherwise might be overrun by the majority languages. I don't think it would make sense for English-speaking countries, though. Music is rather different, though, as it's an international language. On the other hand, compared to English, it's a rather small group of people who "speaks" it. And UE is not by any means a small publisher, and isn't publishing critical editions so far as I know, most of which are supported by subventions and government grants in any event. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
