Yes - I recall this was part of the the Hyperion/Maxwell Sobel case a
few years back and not just that Sobel had made some editorial
additions.
MH
--- On Wed, 1/2/12, Monica Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Monica Hall <[email protected]>
Subject: [LUTE] Re: seeking advice
To: "Stuart Walsh" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Lutelist" <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, 1 February, 2012, 22:44
Writing as an ex-librarian I think that if the composer is still alive
or
has died within the last 50 years he is entitled to royalties when you
perform his music in a public space. Just buying a copy of it doesn't
give
you carte-blanche to perform it anywhere.
The Performing Rights Society in England exists to make sure that
composers
do get their royalties. This applies to recorded music as well.
When I worked in the library we were not allowed to lend out new CDs
within
3 months of their being issued.
Copyright laws are very complex. They also cover things like
photocopying
music.
I am not sure whether the composer is entitled to insist that you own
up to
playing his music. This seems a different matter.
Hope that's helpful. Things may be different outside the UK.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Walsh" <[1][email protected]>
To: "Lute Net" <[2][email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 10:28 PM
Subject: [LUTE] seeking advice
>I like to try and play some modern lute music. I also like to put
these
>efforts on youtube. Harmless enough, surely? My youtube 'channel' (as
it's
>called!) doesn't mention my actual name but a nickname that my wife
thought
>was funny: pluckedturkeys.
>
> A few months ago a composer contacted me and he was very insistent
that I
> put my name on the youtube videos that I played of his music,
clearly
> indicating that it was not him playing. At first I put a link to his
> website on my youtube channel but that was not enough. So I thought
that
> the simplest thing to do was to delete the videos and I did.
>
> But now I'm wondering why I did that. I don't want to be impolite to
the
> composer but I can't understand what his problem was/is. And that's
why
> I'm asking advice here.
>
> As I see it, if a composer publishes music then anyone who buys it
legally
> is free to play it and to play it in a public place - like youtube.
It
> must be very disappointing for a composer to hear his/her music
> mangled/misinterpreted etc. But surely that is always a possibility
once
> the music is published and in public space. And once the music is
> published it seems to me (that's why I'm asking for advice) wholly
> unreasonable to expect control over the naming of whoever wants to
try and
> perform the music
>
> So: is it in any way reasonable for a composer to ask/insist that I
put my
> name on youtube videos? The whole thing sounds so utterly ridiculous
and
> implausible that there must be some other explanation. The only
obvious
> thing I can think of is that the composer is worried that my clunky
> efforts might be misunderstood as the composer's. Should I worry
about
> that? (More to the point? Why are they worrying about that?)
>
> I really may be missing some point. Please tell me! Otherwise I'm now
> thinking - I enjoy trying to have a go at some of this person's music
- I
> actually value it -so I'll just go ahead and stick it on youtube!
>
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
>
>
>
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References
1. http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]
2. http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]
3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
