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- Title: Copyright Notice
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- Copyright Notice
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- Due to copyright problems the MIDI "SONGS" have been removed.
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- We got a threat about the copyright of some of the files in the SONGS
- directory. So we had to decide to (at least temporarily) disable the SONGS
- directory. I will put back those files that I am certain will not cause
- copyright problems, but it could take a while to sort these out.
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- As I see it now, the following files could cause problems:
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- 1. Files that are renditions of music of which the copyright has not yet
- expired, like pop songs or music by contemporary composers, or composers
- who died less than 75 years ago. The 75 may be different in different
- countries.
- 2. Files that are manufactured by a commercial company, or by anyone who
- did not give permission to distribute it, even if the music itself is
- not copyrighted, e.g. a file containing a piece of Beethoven, made by a
- commercial company.
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- Note that there are situations where a file is copyrighted, but the author or
- composer has explicitly given permission to distribute the file (usually with
- certain restrictions, like you can't change it or ask money for it).
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- Last modified: Fri Oct 11 16:22:15 MDT 1996
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