I had forgotten that I learned it from you here.
Thanks.


--- Christine Gleeson <ogliasainc@...> wrote:

> 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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> > From: LarryLemer <ljlwpb@...>
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:14:15 -0800 (PST)
> > From: LarryLemer <ljlwpb@...>
> > Subject: turning over in his grave
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > --- Christine Gleeson <ogliasainc@...>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > I am sure that Bela Bartok is turning over in
> his
> > > grave right now.
> >
> >
> >
>
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