9 Apr
2010
9 Apr
'10
4:17 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Jeff Kaufman <jeff(a)alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
One source that gives a sense of what's out there
is Michael Dyck's
Contradance Index. [1] It has publication info, dance title,
authorship, and formation for every dance I've ever tried to look up.
[1] http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/
This raises a question about the contents of an on-line database of
contra dance sequences: should it contain sequences AS PUBLISHED, or
also include variations of those dances? Who would own the copyright
of a derived dance, and be in a position to authorize viewing of the
sequence, if the original author does not allow it?
Of course, the other interesting aspect of copyright is simultaneous
invention of a sequence by different people.
Besides the technical matter of writing the software, policy and
social issues seem pretty significant.
Regards,
William