[mb-style] Later version vs. Derivative work

[Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren]

Sincerely, I'd just make it all the same relationship, but with a
wording more open than "version". Hawke's "based on" might work. It
would need more attributes than it has now, though; translated,
parody, but also probably "uses the music of" and "uses the lyrics of"
or something. I want to have a way to say "this is (at least loosely
but credited-ly) based on this" while still allowing for more detailed
info if we have it. Any tips about how to do this are welcome.

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Frederic Da Vitoria
<davitofrg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/7/26, Ryan Torchia <anarchyriot at gmail.com>:
>> I'd kind of like to know how we define each of these terms, and what
>> threshold we use to accept the relationship.  I could see something like
>> Philip Jeck's "Fanfares" or Eno's variations on the Canon in D minor being
>> derivative works, but I'd never call them "versions" of their predecessors.
>> Some other potential problems:
>>
>> "The Twist"* is a version of / is a derivative work of *"Let's Twist Again"
>> "My Sweet Lord"* is a version of / is a derivative work of *"She's So Fine"
>> "Drunk Girls" * is a version of / is a derivative work of* "White
>> Light/White Heat"
>> "Phantom of the Opera" * is a version of / is a derivative work of *"Echoes"
>> "Love Stinks" * is a version of / is a derivative work of* "Wild Thing"
>> "A Whiter Shade of Pale" * is a version of / is a derivative work
>> of*something by Bach, because they said so in that movie.
>> Until naturally... [pick a rock song] * is a version of / is a derivative
>> work of* [pick a blues song]
>
> Torc, you may have given here the best argument for Nicolás'
> suggestion to set Derivative as a parent of Other version: the fact
> that we will probably often be unable to choose if it is close enough
> to be considered as another version.
>
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