[Dixielandjazz] Copyright

[Fred Spencer]

Dear Dan,
This is an excerpt from the BUSINESS chapter of a book I am writing on "Jazz
Reference Books"--
"The copyright of text or sound materials is of abiding interest and
complexity. My advice to anyone wishing to explore this is to read the more
than 50 relevant pages in "This Business of Music" by Sidney Shemel and
M.William Krasilovsky (Billboard Books, ed 6,1990)--and then consult a legal
expert!
Cheers.
Fred
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Augustine" <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Copyright


> DJMLers--
>      What's the current cutoff-year for copyright?  Does anyone
> understand the latest government rules on this?  I asked my friend
> Jim Bryan about this (he owns and runs one of the best
> sheet-music/songbook stores in the country, Alpha Music in Austin),
> and he said he wasn't sure what the law was now.  And the non-USA
> laws are (of course) different from the European and other-country
> laws, aren't they?
>      Any (even vague) ideas?  1908?  1929?  Didn't it used to be 28
> years from the date of publication, then one renewal for another 28
> years?  And wasn't that superceded by life of the composer plus 50
> years?  Or not?  Now that i've retired i'm dusting off the brass
> arrangements i made in the 1970's of Scott Joplin, Janacek,
> Hindemith, etc., and am thinking about trying to get them published.
> Thanks.
>
>      Dan
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