Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> There are certainly many, the question is how many of their works
> are worth performing. A friend working in a music publishing company
> told me that since computer typesetting programs (with MIDI output)
> become more popular, they receive a lot more music from amateur
> composers, which they have to reject. Well, we shouldn't discuss
> music quality here.
I think Mutopia should include any music, provided it's free.
> A more important question is what happens if a young talented
> composer publishes a number of works at Mutopia and later gets
> established and joins a performing rights society? Are the earlier
> works still free then?
Yes, because you can't revoke a licence you granted someone unless the
licence has terms that allow that (and such a licence would be
non-free).
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Mark Seaborn
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A bad tool blames its workman.
