Its an individuals choice. I see my dances, some published some not as "folk" to be shared and changed as needed. We are part of that chain. I choose to pass it along for otherwise it has no real worth.
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:17 PM, William Watson < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Jeff Kaufman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > One source that gives a sense of what's out there is Michael Dyck's > > Contradance Index. [1] It has publication info, dance title, > > authorship, and formation for every dance I've ever tried to look up. > > [1] http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/ > > This raises a question about the contents of an on-line database of > contra dance sequences: should it contain sequences AS PUBLISHED, or > also include variations of those dances? Who would own the copyright > of a derived dance, and be in a position to authorize viewing of the > sequence, if the original author does not allow it? > > Of course, the other interesting aspect of copyright is simultaneous > invention of a sequence by different people. > > Besides the technical matter of writing the software, policy and > social issues seem pretty significant. > > Regards, > > William > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
