“A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany.”
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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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