[Dixielandjazz] Copyrights

[Richard Broadie]

Last sentence should have read: "Here, public domain will exist on
all the good stuff 50 years after my death (or so it seems)."   Make more 
sense?   Dick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Broadie" <rbroadie at dc.rr.com>
To: "Bruce Stangeland" <stangeland at earthlink.net>; 
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Copyrights


> Copyright laws in US were extended to protect Mickey Mouse for Disney. 
> Because of those extensions, my mono to stereo business went right down 
> the tubes.   I waited for 20 years for my favorite recordings and songs to 
> go into public domain and then they changed all the rules.  In Europe 
> public domain starts 50 years after the performance.  Here, public domain 
> exists on all the good sutff until 50 years after myd death (or so it 
> seems).  Dick B
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Stangeland" <stangeland at earthlink.net>
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 11:37 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Copyrights
>
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts on ASCAP and its enforcement of copyrights.
>> I can't understand why the copyright laws should continue to be extended 
>> far
>> beyond the originally intended time period.
>>
>> I used to work in research, and earned a number of patents. These only
>> lasted 17 years (or perhaps 20 now that we're getting in sync with the 
>> EU).
>>
>> Why should a patented idea, which often takes years and sometimes 
>> millions
>> of dollars to develop get less protection than a song, which might have
>> taken a few days to write?
>>
>> Bruce Stangeland
>>
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