Comments on: bachpod: classical music on the go http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/16/bachpod-classical-music-on-the-go/ cool gadgets, gizmos, games and geeky gadgets Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:20:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dean Meyers http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/16/bachpod-classical-music-on-the-go/comment-page-1/#comment-18251 Dean Meyers Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:28:40 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/?p=6200#comment-18251 Bach's music is copyright free (the official title is "Public Domain". The recorded performances are not, so you are paying the royalties on the recordings, not the actual music. That being said, the concept is cool, though the performances have all be chosen for you rather than allowing you to from among many possibilities, particularly in the more-frequently performed repertoire. Unless, that is, they give you comparative performances of the same work...now how many iPods can you fill with the complete Brandenburg concerto's, Passions, or Art of the Fugue? Bach’s music is copyright free (the official title is “Public Domain”. The recorded performances are not, so you are paying the royalties on the recordings, not the actual music. That being said, the concept is cool, though the performances have all be chosen for you rather than allowing you to from among many possibilities, particularly in the more-frequently performed repertoire. Unless, that is, they give you comparative performances of the same work…now how many iPods can you fill with the complete Brandenburg concerto’s, Passions, or Art of the Fugue?

]]> By: lambert v. http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/16/bachpod-classical-music-on-the-go/comment-page-1/#comment-18246 lambert v. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:01:38 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/?p=6200#comment-18246 Really? ALL of his works are copyright-free? Hmmm. Still, since Bach is a composer, there are surely multiple versions of his pieces. So even if the pieces themselves are copyright-free, their renditions won't necessarily be free, especially if world class musicians are involved in the production. They'll still be entitled to a fee for their skills and effort. Also, I don't think that Passionato would offer this if it was illegal to do so. Really? ALL of his works are copyright-free? Hmmm. Still, since Bach is a composer, there are surely multiple versions of his pieces. So even if the pieces themselves are copyright-free, their renditions won’t necessarily be free, especially if world class musicians are involved in the production. They’ll still be entitled to a fee for their skills and effort.

Also, I don’t think that Passionato would offer this if it was illegal to do so.

]]> By: allaina http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/16/bachpod-classical-music-on-the-go/comment-page-1/#comment-18240 allaina Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:15:14 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/?p=6200#comment-18240 or maybe, the music is copyright free and isn't illegal to copy and use, so you'd be an idiot to buy this. or maybe, the music is copyright free and isn’t illegal to copy and use, so you’d be an idiot to buy this.

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