"I'm very much of the opinion of Sydney Carter here, and not his executors. He believed songs should not be seen as property so far as changing tgem was involved, and welcomed tge idea his sngs might gve birth that variant"
That was Carters opinion, but no one else has the right to change any composition without the song writers permission, would you mind me altering a constable paiting of flatford mill, because i wanted it to be a picture of ireland, of course you would nt.
nobody alters the words of masters of war consciously, because they need dylans permission, it is not a tradtional song, tradtional songs were altered both consciously and unconsciously.altering the origin of a song can also mean altering its meaning if that happens without the writers permission it is unethical, why then should i not alter pincher marten because i think its boring?why not because it is not my artistic work and i have not received goldings permission.