tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post6324932520815891982..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: We could be looking at thousands of dollarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-7552850486366098122010-03-04T22:26:10.044+00:002010-03-04T22:26:10.044+00:00That would explain why they never used a clip of t...That would explain why they never used a clip of the 'Idea of North' in the film "32 short films about Glenn Gould",Maino de Mainerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102945761340304082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-87290341975482742042010-03-04T16:16:38.554+00:002010-03-04T16:16:38.554+00:00Email received:
Glenn Gould would be rolling over...<i>Email received:</i><br /><br />Glenn Gould would be rolling over in his grave if heard about the massive controversy:<br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ospca-to-oversee-shelter-admissions-and-adoptions/article1486309/<br /><br />David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-67823074771427636222010-03-04T13:54:22.363+00:002010-03-04T13:54:22.363+00:00Halldor, we may be both out of our depth on this o...Halldor, we may be both out of our depth on this one but I will respond anyway. <br /><br />I don't think the issue is over the indivudual copyright for each and every sound-clip. This would be the case if the doumentaries had not been released as commercial CDs. But they have, and at that point the broadcast clearances would, or should, have been taken care of. Just as they are on compilation albums containing different music controlled by many copyright holders. <br /><br />If the documentaries had never been released as CDs I could understand this situation. (Note the Petula Clark programme has not ben released on CD). But they have been, and I can see no reason why they are not covered by a standard performing rights arrangement, as, presumably, CBC Records' other discs are. No reason I should say other than a case of the copyright owners wanting two bites at a very lucrative cake.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-13036831446809151912010-03-04T13:20:09.881+00:002010-03-04T13:20:09.881+00:00No expert either, but presumably the issue is over...No expert either, but presumably the issue is over the indivudual copyright for each and every sound-clip, musical extract etc that Gould incorporated in his broadcasts? So to allow future broadcasts, CBS would need to individual get copyright clearance from(and pay royalties to) the rights-holders for the Mennonite choir, Karajan's Sibelius 5, Petula Clark, etc etc etc; not just Gould's estate.<br /><br />Having seen how music publishers and record labels operate, I can imagine how the admin and purchase of licenses involved in doing this could easily rack up "thousands". <br /><br />But like I say, I'm no expert (like you, just a basic "working knowledge" of Performing Rights issues); just a thought. I may be completely wrong! Deeply frustrating, though, in any case; I've wanted to hear these ever since reading about them in "The Glenn Gould Reader" (and hearing tantalisingly short clips in "32 Short Films about Glenn Gould").Halldorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003785622088730831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-28895786754879152912010-03-03T21:32:44.742+00:002010-03-03T21:32:44.742+00:00You are quite right Scott. I took the CBC 5 CD set...You are quite right Scott. I took the CBC 5 CD set, which comprises the <i>Solitude Trilogy</i> plus his Casals and Stokowski documentaries, with me on my recent trip to France. <br /><br />I listened to all of them on headphones late at night. They are totally engrossing, I found it impossible to read while listening to them. They are the antithesis of today's radio, so much of which which is undemanding background listening. <br /><br />Glenn Gould created innovative foreground radio. It has a lot to tell us about how we have allowed broadcast standards to slip and it demands to be heard by a wider audience.<br /><br />These programmes were made by Glenn Gould to be broadcast, not sold on commercial CDs straightjacketed by copyright restrictions. What a crying shame they are being denied exposure on the very medium for which he created them.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-19277507776315137862010-03-03T20:58:56.656+00:002010-03-03T20:58:56.656+00:00This is quite sad. The recordings aren't heard...This is quite sad. The recordings aren't heard, and instead of a small payment, the copyright holders get nothing.<br /><br />Side comment - as you say, Gould did indeed consider some of his documentaries to be akin to musical compositions. Coincidentally, I listened again to <i>The Idea of North</i> about a week ago. Given the considerable comment about his "contrapuntal radio" techniques, it's interesting to note that the percentage of the program that is done this way is actually quite low. However, the effect is striking enough that it tends to stay with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-52775364468044496972010-03-03T19:09:14.035+00:002010-03-03T19:09:14.035+00:00One of the many strange aspects of this story is t...One of the many strange aspects of this story is that Glenn Gould bequeathed his considerable estate in equal portions to the Salvation Army and the Toronto Humane Society. <br /><br />The latter are concerned with "the shelter and return of lost pets, care and hospital services for abused and abandoned animals, adoptions to good homes, and wildlife rehabilitation and release".<br /><br />http://www.torontohumanesociety.com/about/default.aspPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com