[Dixielandjazz] Seeking 1925 music of Sugar Foot Stomp

[Bill Gunter]

As usual, Brother Don, you cut right to the center of the mystery on the 
date of copyright. By the way, that brings up a question. A copyright has a 
certail life  . . . x number of years. I don't know 'zactly what it is but 
whatever it is when does it start? Does it begin with the moment of 
oonception (in the case of Dippermouth that would be 1923 but in the case of 
Sugarfoot that would be 1925). Does that put the expiration date of the 
copyright in a two year fuzzy area?

Perhaps someone can clarify that for the rest of us.

1. How long is a copyright on a composition?
2. Does it start at the time of its creation or the time of a formal 
copyright?

Respectfully requested,

Bill "You think you know poverty - hah!" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: "Don Ingle" <dingle at baldwin-net.com>
>To: "Bill Gunter" 
><jazzboard at hotmail.com>,<dickbkr at goon.org>,<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Seeking 1925 music of Sugar Foot Stomp
>Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:56:05 -0400
>
>The differece between your source saying 1923 and others' source of 1925 is
>whether or not ASCAP gets a pice f the action in a royalty. Some of these
>thngs were worked out and played for soe time before getting around to a
>fomal copyright. Under commn law copyright, the creator owns all rights at
>the moment it is created. But legally it is stronger to have it formally
>copyrighted in US copyright office since damages for infringement are 
>better
>if you have the formal rather than common law copyright. My writng
>(features, articles) are covered by publicatons who copywrite  pro forma,
>and where they are published otherwise, I do an annual "bundle" volume
>copywrite. This way, when I pass, my wife can collect my royalties and
>continue to live a life of poverty the same as I have by being a
>writer!<Grinsies>
>Don (Pardon me, but that's mine) Ingle

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