[Dixielandjazz] Big Band Charts on Ebay

[Jim O'Briant]

Juskeepin44time at aol.com wrote:

> Would someone kindly explain to me about big 
> band charts on  Ebay.  I assume that they are 
> xerox copies?  Aren't all those  arrangements 
> copyrighted?  

Yes, they're photocopies, mostly of arrangements published in the late
1940's and into the 1950's.  And although many of the original tunes
themselves are now Public Domain, the arrangements this guy is selling will
remain under copyright for another 40-50 years.

Jim O'Briant
Gilroy, CA
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