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Do you really know what music is in the public domain anymore?
Seeded on Mon May 25, 2009 6:00 PM EDT (State of New York)
We used to be able to take it for granted that copyright to any music expires after 50 yrs (after which the music is in public domain), but a recent ruling in the lawsuit Capitol Records brought against Naxos now implies that common law copyright exists in perpetuity.
Argentinian Jewish Conductor Barenboim calls for Marshall-ish plan for Gaza
Seeded on Wed Feb 4, 2009 5:18 PM EST (Deutsche Welle)
Berlin, Germany: Daniel Barenboim, the acclaimed classical pianist/conductor of Argentinian birth and Israel citizenship (but resides in Berlin), made a plea for a new "Marshall Plan" under German leadership to rebuild the damaged infrastructure in the Gaza Strip as he accepted …
Switzerland's Outside-The-Box Decriminalization of Heroine
Seeded on Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:34 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
Heroine addicts in Switzerland aren't living in fear of authority anymore... and the regular Swiss aren't having to put up with running into the addicts shooting up in public parks either.
Matilde di Shabran at the ROH (Florez/Kursak/Kasarova) is not a show to miss
Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:35 PM EDT (Telegraph)
Premiering next week at the Royal Opera House - Covent Garden in London, England, is the rarely performed bel canto opera, Matilde di Shabran, by Gioacchino Rossini.
Bel Canto Isn't Necessarily About Sounding Beautiful!
Seeded on Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:41 PM EDT (associatedcontent.com smorg)
The modern convention on what bel canto singing in opera is would make the real bel canto singers that Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti wrote roles for very bad bel canto singers...
Science: Ce n'est pas 'Taking Things At Face Value'
Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:21 PM EDT
Argghhhh! People don't ask enough questions about the data they get sometimes.
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