> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 11:16:48 +0000 (GMT)
> From: David Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > At least here in Germany we make a difference between the right for
> > distributing sheetmusic and the right of performing.
>
> Sorry, my mistake, I didn't notice there was a difference! So do
> professional composers usually control their own sheet music rights, or
> will they have signed a contract transferring these rights to someone
> else?
I don't know. But I know of modern composers who distribute their editions
using my server with "non-commercial copying welcome" without giving
away any of their performance rights or their rights to copy and distribute
recordings.
-- Werner
