> > But the "music" itself would remain the property of the composer, with > > all the right granted by the law in the country of the composer : both > > moral AND patrimonial rights (whereof the right to be paid for a public > > performance, via organisms like the french SACEM, etc...) > > This is not possible. There is no such thing as a rights-management > organization that allows free licenses.
That's why I need to understand more precisely the role of editors and rights management organisations. Isn't the composer allowed to waives it's right to publish and distribute ? Isn't that the place of an editor ? If the the composer agree, why the editor wouldn't be the "set of all the contributors to the score typesetting" ? What would that be an issue for the SACEM ? I am just thinking that... When I contibute to wikipedia... my work is put under the wikipedia copyright, isn't it ? Let's forget one minute about the GPL mess... If I set up an ssociation, which is endorsed by the composer to publish and distribute the work... and if this association allow the contribution of every goodwilled person ... do i break the law somewhere ? The sheet is virtually free, since every body can modify the source... virtually only though :) > > The goal would be > > 1 - to remunerate alive composers > > Alive composers do *not* make a living from their royalties. That is a > myth. [...] > In your particular case, I think the best thing you can do is educate > your composer friend, and (if still possible) save his soul from his > organization. I can perhaps convince him, but the others... I was trying to find a place where young composers half cautious/suspicious half unaware of their rights or of the "open" side of the force and young musicians could share sheets (et plus si affinité) > > > 2 - to allow students to try sheets and rehearse, for free (free as free > > beer) > > As long as they can't perform, they won't be interested in rehearsing. How many time did I try to set up a quartet just for fun with some friends. Stopping after the third rehearsal because the piece was too hard or too boring. I was glad I had some "free" copies :) > > > 3 - to allow people to easily arrange the sheets for new instruments > > (thanks to lilypond sources) > > This is definitely impossible. well I pass on this one > > What you'd need is a CC-NC, which would allow non-commercial > performances Don't like CC-NC it's the contrary of what I'm looking for... > Cheers, > Valentin By the way, I don't know who is Neil (nice to meet you pal) but Valentin, I have to confess I'm really fond of your ... *.ly coding style :) Yota
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