Mark2 -> RE: hey look what i found (Mar. 5 2013 19:40:42)
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Unfortunately Mariano passed away a few months ago. I was honored to attend his memorial, along with many of his former students, friends, and his family. He wrote his books by hand, without the benefit of computers, and always altered the pieces for his students, marking up the books to add variations. I have all of his books, and the idea that they could be free for downloading , with no money going to his wife, makes me sick. He was an incredible guitarist, and an even better man. I learned to play every single note in every book he wrote, and that was just the beginning. People who download his book will never receive what I did from him. All this free free free, is not the way to go in flamenco IMO. There are great artists out there, busting their ass to create art and help others learn. Support them please! Take lessons, don't download free stuff that was not free to create. Buy the materials the artists you respect create, and you, and they, will be better off. Rant over..... quote:
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dformell thanks for putting it up. I was wondering about the copyright as well. I know that if its a certain years old I dont think copyright applies. But if it does I think then scribd whatever has to pay the author something. Copyright law states that the copyright is good for the lifetime of the author plus fifty years. Last I heard of Mariano he was alive and well and in his eighties. I believe Juan Grecos is also still alive, but I'm not sure. In any case, it doesn't matter. Neither of these two has been dead for fifty years, and therefore they are still protected under copyright law, and are entitled to royalties. Ramon
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