OHM2013: Open Source Bach

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Speaker: Robert Douglass
How the ideas behind open source collaboration can influence the way classical musicians work together and share music.
In 2012 pianist Kimiko Ishizaka and software company Musescore
collaborated to create new public domain versions of the Goldberg
Variations by Bach. Both a new recording and a new score were created,
and the funding for the project came from Kickstarter.com.
Along the way, Ishizaka became a focal point for the #copyleft fight
in Germany, and her music went on to create even more works of art as
others incorporated it into their works.
Now, Ishizaka is planning an even bigger project building on the lessons learned. This talk will approach the topics of:
- Why do we need Open Source Bach, isn't that stuff already in the public domain?
- What kinds of opportunities are we missing out on by not protecting our public domain goods?
- Does Open Goldberg Variations represent a new model for funding artist recordings?
- What's next?