Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-24 Thread Chris Sawer
Hi, Sorry for not responding earlier to this thread; I am extremely busy at the moment, but have read the messages with interest. I agree with all that's been written - copyright is a complete minefield, with rules varying all over the world. To try and cover all possibilities, we ask that music

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-22 Thread Hans Forbrich
On Monday 22 March 2004 06:29, Erik Sandberg wrote: (note: my comments are my interpretation and not confirmed by any legal authority . While I believe it is accurate and useful information, you are encouraged to verify the information with copyright and legal specialists in your area or coun

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-22 Thread Hans Forbrich
On Monday 22 March 2004 05:48, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > > As far as I know, currently in the United States of America the > > Copyright stays with a person or organization until 125 years > > 70, I thought. I'm getting confused again - Canada is playing around with some ideas here as well.

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-22 Thread Hans Forbrich
On Monday 22 March 2004 05:42, Thorkil Wolvendans wrote: > Hi list! > I was just wondering: what would happen if you publish a work at Mutopia of > which you think is in the public domain, but there are copyright's you've > missed (for instance editor copyright's which haven't expired yet). Does >

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-22 Thread Thorkil Wolvendans
Hi list! I was just wondering: what would happen if you publish a work at Mutopia of which you think is in the public domain, but there are copyright's you've missed (for instance editor copyright's which haven't expired yet). Does anyone have an idea what would happen? Would you be summoned to

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-22 Thread David Raleigh Arnold
On Sunday 21 March 2004 21:17, Hans Forbrich wrote: > On Sunday 21 March 2004 10:09, Roland Goretzki wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I spent a lot of time on the website of mutopia, but couldn't find > > the answers to some questions, so I ask here, because here are some > > mutopia-writers on this maili

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-22 Thread Erik Sandberg
> There are two main concepts - 'copyright' and 'public domain'. The > copyright (das Recht Kopien, Aenderungen und Ausgaben herzustellen) belongs > to a person or to an organization unless that person has assigned it, for > example to a publishing copmpany. OR it is passed into the Public Domai

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-22 Thread Mats Bengtsson
I'm afraid it's not exactly that simple. An urtext edition can involve a lot of editorial work. Often, there are several different sources (handwritten manuscript, first printed version) and an editor must judge which source to trust most or if several alternatives should be printed. Also, even Urt

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-21 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 11:45:02PM +0100, Roland Goretzki wrote: > > I wouldn't know without asking Henle (the holder of the copyright > > right?), who could probably answer about any pieces of theirs you ask > > about. > In the mailing from Kilian this seems more easy, ^^

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-21 Thread Hans Forbrich
On Sunday 21 March 2004 10:09, Roland Goretzki wrote: > Hello, > > I spent a lot of time on the website of mutopia, but couldn't find the > answers to some questions, so I ask here, because here are some > mutopia-writers on this mailing-list, aren't they? > > I want to typeset the studies op. 10 a

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-21 Thread Roland Goretzki
Hello list, hello Edward, You wrote: > On Sunday March 21 2004 13:16, Roland Goretzki wrote: > > Chris Sawer itself par example did typeset the music piece "Für Elise" > > from L. v. Beethoven, and in the lilypond source file he marked the > > source of the music piece with: > > > > source =

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-21 Thread Roland Goretzki
Hello list, hello Kilian, You wrote: > The *music* itself isn't copyrighted, since the composers died more > than 100 years ago. If your printouts don't claim a copyright, and/or > are underived work ("Urtext", i.e. reproductions of the autographs), > they contain no "creative additions" to the co

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-21 Thread Edward Sanford Sutton, III
On Sunday March 21 2004 13:16, Roland Goretzki wrote: > Hello list, hello Edward, > > You wrote: > > On Sunday March 21 2004 10:09, Roland Goretzki wrote: > > > (Furthermore the most of these notes in my mind, but I think, that > > > it wouldn't be legal, if I would typeset it by my mind wi

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-21 Thread Matthias Kilian
Hi, On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 06:09:17PM +0100, Roland Goretzki wrote: > I want to typeset the studies op. 10 and op. 25 from F. Chopin with > lilypond for the mutopia-project. > > (And in the future, some Sonatas from Beethoven for piano, too.) [...] > 1. G. Henle > 2. Schott > 3. Wilh

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-21 Thread Roland Goretzki
Hello list, hello Edward, You wrote: > On Sunday March 21 2004 10:09, Roland Goretzki wrote: > > (Furthermore the most of these notes in my mind, but I think, that > > it wouldn't be legal, if I would typeset it by my mind with some > > correcting views to these editions, am I right?)

Re: OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-21 Thread Edward Sanford Sutton, III
On Sunday March 21 2004 10:09, Roland Goretzki wrote: > Hello, > > I spent a lot of time on the website of mutopia, but couldn't find the > answers to some questions, so I ask here, because here are some > mutopia-writers on this mailing-list, aren't they? > > I want to typeset the studies op. 10 a

OT: How to become a mutopia-writer

2004-03-21 Thread Roland Goretzki
Hello, I spent a lot of time on the website of mutopia, but couldn't find the answers to some questions, so I ask here, because here are some mutopia-writers on this mailing-list, aren't they? I want to typeset the studies op. 10 and op. 25 from F. Chopin with lilypond for the mutopia-project. (