>>> Hello Albert, >>> Thanks, that was very clear. I agree with you. >>> Allan Alexander >> Back in the old country there is a saying: "Crows never peck each >> other's eyes". >> RT > Are you suggesting that I am a publisher of facsimiles? I have no > interest in this business. I think that if Albert publishes the book, > people should respect his publication and not copy and distribute it. > If they want to go get their own information, let them do it. No, but you are believed to be a publisher of commercial ARRANGEMENTS. I do not wish to open a second can of worms, but earlier I have expressed an opinion that an arrangement, although it is not a facsimile, should carry only a minimal price tag, because it is basically someone else's music, usually from public domain. RT
______________ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org > > Allan > >>> PLEASE, LET'S SPEAK ABOUT THOSE TOPICS WE KNOW WELL ! >> Actually I do know a few things about this, having published a book >> written by my father, and having worked "in the industry". > > It > is a >> real shame that Albert Reyerman had to explain with full details > > how >> much work it means publishing (= making public) something, in this >> >> case lute manuscripts. It is a shame because he had to, out of the >> >> feeling that his work was being neglected. > Besides, it is for me >> totally clear that Albert Reyerman is doing it not > for the > financial >> profit, -which is negligible, or even inexistent if he > counts his >> own time- but because of other compensations. The right of uncle >> Albert to bublish "his" Bach facsimile has never been questioned. > The >> interesting thing is Albert has no rights to control what happens > to >> these images after he publishes them, because they are common >> property, like Goethe or Shakespeare. >> >> >>> >>> I also would like to ask you for a favor, dear Michael Thames: >>> please stop using that sentence in which photography is > considered >>> only a matter of pressing a button. >> Manolo, I felt your pain, but both of us know that there is >> photography, and there is Photography, just like there are painting >> and Painting, and we know which category yours belongs to (Those > who >> don't know should at least try to find out). RT ______________ > Roman >> M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org >> >> >> > > > > www.fluteandguitar.com > www.guitarandlute.com
