It's nice to speculate and discuss related issues but unless the actual
judgement in this case are examined for themselves, the debate will go
further and further from the facts.  Here's the actual judgement:

   http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2005/565.html

Each piece of music is described and what was done with them..  Dr Sawkins
not only "translated" the archaic notation but put the fragments together
using his understanding of how Lalande's music worked.  (there's more
detail in the transcripot of the first case).  What can be heard on the
Hyperion CD would not be heard, as such, had Sawkins not put it together
in that way.  Money is not the issue at all - the amount of time that
went into the work would come to zilch per hour.  The underlying principle
is that good work deserves to be acknowledged.

Anne
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