"I think Alfonso's point is that the libraries are state-funded institutions"
even if a library is state-funded, it isn't necessarily completelystate-funded. and further, not all state-funded services are free. i don't know if they have any lute collections but the sibley library here at eastman is the second largest music collection in the US and it's owned by a private institution, the university of rochester. steve On 4/10/07, Howard Posner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007, at 15:53 America/Los_Angeles, Denys Stephens > wrote: > > > I have a lot of sympathy with your view that > > art belongs to everyone,and in that sense we > > shouldn't have to pay for it. > > But Alfonso didn't say that. He said "these books belong to humanity." > > > But if that's > > totally true, shouldn't we all perform for > > free and just give away our recordings to people > > who like them? The major libraries of the > > world surely cost a lot of money to run, > > I think Alfonso's point is that the libraries are state-funded > institutions, which means that they're paid twice, in essence -- once > from taxes, and again from user fees -- and the user fees, while an > insignificant source of funds for the institution, are high enough to > discourage the materials from actually being used. > > > and > > if we pay them for copies of musical sources > > they own, are we not helping to preserve them > > for the benefit of future generations? - > > I suppose that's the idea. The question is whether it works that way > in practice. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
