Dear Kim, and all others interested,
the BGH, the highest civil court in Germany, just confirmed a decision
against the Singakademie regarding Vivaldi's opera Montezuma. The point
the court made is that the Sing Akademie could not prove that the opera
had not already been in wide circulation at the time of its first
performance. Only if it had been completely unknown until now the
Singakademie would be able to claim the performance rights.
However, in the case of otherwise unknown music I think the court may
well decide differently, and the Singakademie will certainly be better
prepared in the courts in the future.
This now went on for 7 years I believe, I am not sure that you would
want to pay your lawers for that long...
The full story here:
http://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/bgh-begruendet-urteil-im-streit-um-vivaldi-oper-motezuma
Johannes
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