Hi,
I've nearly finished entering the orchestral accompaniment for Bach's
double violin concerto, which I will submit to Mutopia. (I submitted the
solo parts a while ago). I've got a few questions about this:
1) The tag line on all the Mutopia music is "This music is part of the
Mutopia Project [...] public domain [...] copy this music and share it!"
I'd like to add a message which asks for a good pianist to write a simple
piano arrangement, then put it in the public domain and release it to
Mutopia. Possibly with an offer by me to typeset this from manuscript /
cassette. Would this be ok?
2) Is there any update about getting a copyleft music license? I'm a
newcomer to this list, but I've looked at the list archive and afaics no
consensus had been reached about what the terms of this license should be.
3) What's the current legal situation regarding Mutopia? In particular,
is Mutopia a legal entity, and if not, who is legally responsible for
distributing the music which gets downloaded? I think this could be
important if Mutopia becomes a serious threat to established music
publishers. We should be mindful that someone might try to use litigation
against us. Remember that litigation can be harmful even if you are
legally in the right, as the cost of fending off a legal attack by a team
of lawyers is substantial.
4) Would it be a good idea for people to use the "source" header field to
say *where* the source can be found (not just the edition)? If the source
document is 150 years old then it may be hard to find a copy. If
\enteredby disappears off the face of the net, then mutopia won't be able
to prove that the edition really is based upon public domain sources.
(I'm only worrying about old source documents, not modern urtexts).
Thanks,
David
