[Novalug] music, classical -- and proprietary formats?

[Dave Aronson]

James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:

> Beartooth wrote:
...
>>     Also, is there a good legal source of classical music -- Bach, 
>> Mozart, et al., from Monteverdi to John Eaton -- to download from?
>>
 > Yes! It's called The Public Library! Go check out CDs and burn copies.
 > You will be busy for months.

If one is being a stickler for legality, that may not cut it.  The 
composition may be out of copyright, but the specific recording may be 
copyrighted by the orchestra, who most likely sold the rights to the 
record label.

Perhaps we need an Open Source type of Music Licensing....

-Dave

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