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No, Odin. You've got the right to fight for your position. But do it in a form, which can't be misunderstood. The UE doesn't need to speak with us. They think they are right (perhaps they are) and the correspondence with the IMSLP is just bonhomie. We dont't find a solution yet. So don't close us th...

Odin, you see, that they blame the whole IMSLP for your private opinion. OK, you are allowed to have a private opinion. Nobody will limit this. But you must think about, that you are one user of this forum and the UE could easily think, that you represent the position of all users here. My solution ...

@Vivaldi

To crack this problem, the UE must send the IMSLP a complete list of them. I see no other alternative. I think that's a not very practicable solution, 'cause you must check each new score. There are always composers, who are longer than 50 years death, but are still under copyright.

@Odin

I wrote you an PN!

The german word "Urtext" means, that the edition is in the original form. This could mean the original form by the composer or the first publication (which consists normaly of a contact between the publisher and the composer). Todays "Urtext"-Editions based on research. The editi...

[quote="nikolas"]Kalli, I would imagine that the copyright holds on when the score was published. Music might be copyright free, there doesn't seem to be any doubt about it, but even Beethoven Sonatas come at copyrighted publications (which happens if the scores have been edited, and not m...

[quote="miguelm97"]In the UE list of composers that should be removed from IMSLPF is Gustav Mahler....hmmmm...i'm not an expert in copyright laws but his works are not in public domain?? After all, he died 96 years ago![/quote] Exactly! This shows, that the primary intention of the UE is n...

@Nikolas Don't be affraid. I'm not angry or affronted. You've just told us historic facts. The main thing is, that everybody should notice, that the Germans made many awful things in the past. The todays opinion of the german Goverment is, to make peace in every way, which is possible. That is why w...

@nikolas My opinion is not to make war or something else. I think that we can find a very good solution, if we stay cool and think about it. And if the IMSLP will start a day later, caused of a day more, we need to discuss, that's better than to get more problems than we have in this moment. And to ...

Odin repeats my apprehension in this case. I think that there will be lots of other publishers who wait for their chance to fight against the IMSLP. I can't belive, that only the UE has got problems with their copyright.

Habe den Brief kurz überfolgen. Im wesentlichen ist der so ok. Es geht ja auch mehr um den Sinngehalt als um eine wortgenaue Übersetzung.

C & D-Letter ist eine Unterlassungsaufforderung. Eine einstweilige Verfügung kann nur ein Gericht aussprechen (zumindest hier in Dtschl.).

[quote="nikolas"]Sorry but I don't speak a word in german, and sorry to say that the internet is "english spoken" populated. Could you go on in English please? [/quote] Sorry! Of course we do! But my letter to the UE must be in german. It's more easy to write to them in their own...

[quote="Vivaldi"]Danke, Odin. Aber werden sie Ihnen zuhoeren? To others: Thanks Odin. But will they listen to you?[/quote] Ich denke schon! Schliesslich hat die UE sich auch in die Diskussion hier im Forum eingemischt. Wir sollten trotzdem Abstand davon nehmen, die UE irgendwo oeffentlich ...

My English isn't very good, too. But I think it is just fair to translate the meaning of the message by Odin: Odin says, that the copyright is too strong. He thinks, that it should be distinguished between commercial use and non-commercial use of the protected pieces. I agree with him, but the copyr...

Hallo Odin, damit das nicht falsch rüberkommt: ich halte auch nicht viel von einer zu langen urheberrechtlichen Beschränkung der Musikstücke. Aber geltendes Recht muss Recht bleiben! Das hilft alles nichts. Als Volkswirt kenne ich natürlich die Einflüsse der Lobbyisten zur Genüge. Faktisch ist es so...