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In article <0105009A.s9cpe1@david.UUCP> david@david.UUCP (David A. Roth) writes:
   In article <11105@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> (woodruff@cs.ucdavis.edu), woodruff@cs.ucdavis.edu (Allison Woodruff) writes:
   > 

   >     The researchers, both global change scientists and
   > computers scientists, are from UC.  There are a lot of industry 
   > sponsors for the project (it's Digital Equipment Corporation's 
   > flagship project), for example, DEC, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Xerox.  
   > Funding for the next three years is approximately 40 million dollars.  
   > Research areas will include networking, database management, 
   > scientific visualization, and hardware.
   > 


   You stated above that the funding for the next three years is approximately
   40 million dollars and you expect an artist to "donate copyrights"
   of their livelyhood?  For what purpose?  For the so-called
   "honor" ?   No doubt that you will get a university educator
   with time on there hands and a number of grad students doing
   their busy work so they can "donate copyrights".  I would
   think that people in the music business will pass on this.


I agree with you here: as a composer with a masters in electronic music, I
would not donate my coprights.  With a budget like 40 million I am sure
you could make provision to hire someone for whatever entertainment you
need.  

Art takes years of practice for one to become "an expert", and expertise
can not be given away.  How about re-thinking the budget and making room
for hiring outside "consultants?"  If you do this e-mail me, I am sure we
will be able to negotiate something then (but not for free.)

bob wright
director, computer music lab
governor's magnet school for the arts
old dominion university
norfolk, va
rwright@nofolk.vak12ed.edu
wright@cs.odu.edu
music@cs.odu.edu