Ahmad jan,
I agree that the Golha belongs to the world, not just Iranians. My question was regarding the institution who made these CD's available. I think they hold some sort of copy right. Having said this, I am not sure if the institution had legal rights to re-distribute the series. Personally, I am glad they did, but the question still remains unanswered in my mind.
In general copy right laws are to protect the artists. Since most of the artists are no longer living, or are in a position that the royalties are not shared with them, the issue becomes a little complicated.
Even if the issue of copyright is solved, the task of converting and uploading 200+ CD's plus cataloging and making available online is a daunting task. It is best done by an organization.
Perhaps Radio Golha could create an archive for download? If so, I would be more than glad to share all my CD's. I live in the Bay Area, which I think Radio Golha is originated from, so I would be able to even take my collection to them by hand for archiving.
Regards,
Hooman-
Ahmad Fard <ahmadmfard@gmail.com> wrote:
Salaam,There is no copyright problem, as after the revolution all the classic music was banned by the new regime in 1978.The Radio and Television was actually invaded by the fundamentalists and they treated all sorts of arts like their first enemy (as it really is!!)All the albums were confiscated and destroyed by mullahs. If it were not few people who kept some of original reels in a safe place, mullahs had destroyed all of the recordings.It was a looting situation during those days. Everyone had a gun in hand and could do anything. They just broke and burned and destroyed and murdered.Now I ask: who could possibly hold the copyright of the Golha songs?I would say Golha belongs to all Iranians around the world. As they own the Persepolis and other great Persian inheritance.We have the responsibility of spreading as many copies of high quality Golha songs as possible all around the world.This was Peernia's intention in establishing Golha program.I hope you are convinced!!Regards,Ahmad----- Original Message -----From: Hooman F.Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:28 AMSubject: Re: BozorgdAshti az ostAd Jalil ShahnazSalAm,And thank you for your kind words. I would not have an issue with sharing my collection. But I am concerned about copy right issues. I must admit that I don't fully understand who and how the copy right is owned for the GolhA series.Dear Hooman,Thanks for sharing your thoughts.It is great to hear someone loves Iranian classical music only because of the marvellous content and not only for personal memories.This group is for sharing our opinions and our Golha interests, experiences, memories and music.My experience with Iranian classical music is more or less similar. I used to listen to Golha when I was in early years of primary school.During the middle school years, I was a big fan of Golha and used to listen to Shajarian and Banan tasnifs as well.Tasnifs such as Karevan (Banan) and Bote Chin (Shajarian) were and are among my top of the list favourites.Since 1996 that I started using Internet, I always had a feeling that Iranian classical music could be broadcasted over the Internet.Nowadays, I usually listen to radiodarvish.com or radiogolha.com while working on my computer.I greatly appreciate it if you consider sharing your high quality Golha music as MP3 files using Rapidshare, Megaupload or similar servers.Thanks again and best regards,AhmadSydney - Australia----- Original Message -----From: Hooman F.Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:57 AMSubject: Re: BozorgdAshti az ostAd Jalil ShahnazDoostan aziz,I got so many replies thanking me for the two clips I sent, that I decided to send a general message to the group. I am glad that so many of you enjoyed the clips. Actually, I myself was in tears to see such a Master at such a state. Obviously his mind is still full of musical creativity, but his body does not respond the way it used to. Dasteh roozegArst in.....I am relatively a young person. The Golha era was probably on its peak when I was born or was very young. My youth was during the revelation, so the music then had already turned for the worse. It wasn't until my early twenties that I discovered the Golha series, in specific OstAd ShahnAz and OstAd Ebadi. I was lucky enough to be close to Los Angeles, so I bought over 200 of the Golha CD's then. My favorite by far is GolhAyeh jAvidAn and Bargeh Sabz.I never listened to the Golha music in Iran, so I don't have a feeling of nostalgia or remembrance. I enjoy this music purely because of its extraordinary quality. I personally don't enjoy much of the classical Persian music that is produced in Iran these days. To me, it is mostly technique and complexity, but the hAl and havA is not there. This is the reason I still remain a big fan of what I consider the Golden Era of Persian classical music, the Golha series.I hope you don't mind me sharing some personal thoughts with all of you. Sorry it had to be in English, as typing Farsi is very difficult for me.Hooman-San Francisco, Ca.
"Hooman F." <tohooman@yahoo.com> wrote:
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