On 9/25/07, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Trevor Bača <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> One concern: is Ravel mutopia-worthy? How long has he been dead? I > >> hate to ask, but... :( > > > > Ravel died in 1937 but the Sonatine was finished earlier, in 1905 > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonatine_%28Ravel%29). Isn't copyright > > something like 75 years max? If so the Sonatine should be public by > > now, though it's possible that any of his various publishers along the > > way may have taken out renewals or something. > > Please read the information at Mutopia, that was referred in an earlier > email, before spreading rumors like this. The 75 years are after the > death of the composer (or arranger or whoever holds the copyright).
Mats (and Graham), Please understand that there is a difference between piracy and citation. No one is proposing the addition of a playable or readable copy of anything to Mutopia or any other resource. Turns out ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use ... that fair use is American law. Perhaps that explains the confusion on the list. Trevor. -- Trevor Bača [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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