Hello Everyone,

Larry, thank you for your message about Bela Bartok
copyright issues.

Bela Bartok Junior is deceased. Probably his family
estate in Hungary is looking after Bela Bartok's
interest at their end. I think you will find that also
it is Peter Bartok, Bela's son from his second
marriage who is still alive who is blocking all
attempts for composers to compose variations on
Bartok's works. He is taking advantage of US Copyright
Laws which allow for copyright to be extended. This
issues has already been covered on this discussion
list earlier this year.

I have also mentioned this issue in my own Bela Bartok
Blog, at http://bela-bartok-no1-fan.blogspot.com/. It
is the third posting down.

Also as my country, Australia, has recently signed a
Free Trade Agreement with the United States of
America, Australia composers will also be subject to
US Copyright Laws.

A Happy Christmas to everyone.

Christine Gleeson
Sydney, Australia

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> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:14:15 -0800 (PST)
> From: LarryLemer <ljlwpb@...>
> Subject: turning over in his grave
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> Bartok's son in Hungary from his first marriage is,
> while cashing in on the rights to his father's
> works,
> which is understandable, legally blocking the right
> of
> any innovative composer or conductor to compose or
> play anything altered in any way or composed based
> on
> any theme of Bartok's. There is a long tradition of
> composers writing variations on a theme of an older
> composer, or reorchestrating a piece in an
> innovative
> way. Bartok himself did that. All that is
> prohibited,
> although I'm sure a hefty fee could loosen up the
> heir. Can you imagine if this was the case with all
> composers? And how long should the estate of a
> deceased composer earn royalties? Why should the
> right
> to royalties include the right to stifle artistic
> modifications made by admirers? Charge the admirers,
> don't block them! Bartok has been dead for 60
> years!!!
> When will he enter the public domain?
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> --- Christine Gleeson <ogliasainc@...>
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> > Hello everyone,
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> > I am sure that Bela Bartok is turning over in his
> > grave right now.
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