“A hundred years ago, of course, the question that the German Composers' Co-operative asked itself sounded a lot more fundamental: How do you create a fair share for those who ensure that works can actually be performed at all?”
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I understand the worries of many - not only here in this auditorium -, and some have already written to me to say that technical progress has lowered the threshold that stops people from helping themselves to protected works without the slightest embarrassment.
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Certainly the interest in asserting copyright is a justified one.
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But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.
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