Comments on: copyright etc.

By: chloe

chloe — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:11:07 +0000

Let’s just hope that all these court cases lead to more wonderful recordings becoming widely available in a way that supports musicians…

By: musicmumbai

musicmumbai — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:39:34 +0000

Best leave it to the lawyers I guess. More government control is a disturbing prospect. I was curious though what the court case concerning Gauhar Jan’s records was all about. I guess we will find out in due course.

By: vinay

vinay — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:15:59 +0000

some of the things being said on the copyright issue sound downright absurd. yes of course you cant just go and copy the oxford english dictionary and sell it as your own even though the dictionary is over a hundred years old. but that is because it is NOT the same dictionary, it has gone through many editions. in contrast you can publish any dickens novel you want. but you cant copy a recent edition which has been edited and has commentary by some english prof.

i am not a lawyer–but i presume you cannot simply duplicate an old gauhar jan recording that has been cleaned up and digitised by emi, and sell it as your own. but you can certainly get an old 78 rpm and clean it up yourself and sell your version. of course emi may have the original prints so you cant match their quality