On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Christof Biebricher wrote: > The problems that arise is that the law is subject to interpretation. > For instance, the new edition of Bach's works claims that > copyright protection even though the works are not published the first > time.
This is not a matter of interpretation; the new edition of Bach's work is copyrighted precisely because it is a _new_ edition. I.e, while the music itself is in the public domain, the editorial adjustments and the typesetting constitute new creative work that is legally protected. This same principle also explains why it is illegal to make photocopies of reprints of public domain music: the music itself may be free to use, the typesetting/facsimile processing is copyrighted. So if you want to use such music, you must do the typesetting yourself. Groeten, Irwin Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~* Chazzanut Online: http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/ _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sunsite.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
