Hello David & All:
While I agree in concept that the facsimiles should be available, and
that providing access to the source material is a good thing, I don't
necessarily believe charging for facsimiles is evil. Perhaps you meant
'a necessary evil'? The work that goes into preparing a facsimile;
photographing, maximizing its legibility, concordances if they are part
of the package, reproducing, binding and conveying to players,
certainly is not carried out by nefarious, money-grubbing Dick Cheney
types (as a reference for evil personified). Well probably not
anyway. I appreciate all of my Boethius and Minkoff facsimiles and,
even if they cost as much as a small house, they don't smell of sulfur
when I crack the covers.
Ron Andrico
> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:33:08 -0800
> To: [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public)
libraries?
>
> Although I understand all of the issues, including compensating ppl
> for their time, charging money for facsimiles is basically evil, and
> in the long run everyone will be better served by having more music
> available--more concerts, more audience, more work.
> What all libraries should do is just put it all online, and then if
> someone wants to make an edition and sell it, fine. Just make a PDF,
> and upload it, and I guarantee that everyone will benefit.
> This also prevents players from owning a repertory by limiting
access.
>
> If scholars want to sell the commentary as a separate book, that is
> also fine, and continues an established tradition.
> dt
>
>
>
> At 12:32 PM 11/10/2010, you wrote:
> > Still something that I don't get:
> >
> > why are some public (public) libraries slowly making all their MS
> > available as a digital download - and I'm thinking about the the
> > Bayerisch Staatsbibliothek here in Munich, between others -, while
> > there are other PUBLIC libraries (hello, British Library ...) -
that
> > still do not even seem to envisage that ...
> >
> > Shall we (as single members of the list) put some pressure on our
local
> > libraries? Send an email to the curators of their music departments
-
> > maybe as rightful, registered members of the library, as I guess
some
> > of us are - and ask about it?
> > (Of course, this doesn't want to diminuish at all the value of such
> > pubblication as the Dd.2.11 by the Lute Society. The scholarship
part
> > is something you dont get in a digital facsimile ...)
> > Your opinion, listers?
> > Matteo
> > On 10 November 2010 20:19, Denys Stephens
> > <[1][email protected]> wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > It's also worth noting that whilst some
> > of
> > the world's libraries are making digital copies of their musical
> > sources
> > available, there is currently no expectation that this, or indeed
> > any of the
> > Cambridge University Library manuscripts will become available as
> > free
> > electronic downloads.
> > Denys
> >
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> > 1. mailto:[email protected]
> >
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