Johannes Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David W. Fenton wrote:
>> As he should have.
>>
>> Do you really think that the argument against Sawkins has been an
>> argument against royalties for all editions, no matter the degree of
>> original work included in them?
> So where is the line? Two missing viola parts? Three? All the strings?
> Does an oboe part count more than a viola part? Is a bass line more
> valuable in baroque music than in late clssical? This is precisely the
> problem the court faced.
This shows the fallacy (common in legal matters) of trying to categorise
a range of values when measurement is the only sensible course (not that
courts are very good at that either, as witness inconsistencies in
awards of damages).
--
Ken Moore
Musician and engineer
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