[Dixielandjazz] Copyright Law

[rorel at aol.com]

 Unilateral decisions are one of the few things at which I excel. You don't have to rely on anyone else.
 
 I did indeed try to pin this ASCAP VP down to details but all he would say was that it was very complicated and that the United states is trying to play catch-up with Europe. Europe enjoys longer copyright protection on music than we do and it seems we are paying out much more money to Europe than they pay to us because of it. At least that's how I understood the conversation.
 
 But, then again, I am confused in a pay phone.
 
 Ray Osnato
 Throwing his hat in the Presidential Race with the campaign slogan, "Everybody's Right, All The Time (except when they're not)"
    
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 To: Rorel at aol.com; dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
 Sent: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 9:41 AM
 Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Copyright Law
 
  And here we were, poised to witness a classic match - Steve vs. Ray on the battlefield of arcane copyright law -- and Ray unilaterally declares both winners!!!! Make music, not war! We should have such political leaders. Pat
 
 Rorel at aol.com wrote: 
 In a message dated 2/28/2007 5:02:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
 barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:
 
 We should be very clear on copyright law. Below is the copyright law as it
 currently exists in the US of A: Note the last 3 paragraphs. Especially the
 one that explicitly says WORKS PUBLISHED IN 1922 OR EARLIER ARE IN THE
 PUBLIC DOMAIN etc, etc.
 
 That is the CURRENT LAW whether or not the copyright has a renewal date.
 
 
 I spoke with a friend of mine who is one of the assistant Vice Presidents at 
 ASCAP yesterday and he said that this matter is not as clear cut as Steve or 
 I, in my differing interpretation, claim. The Reader's Digest version is 
 that there is no rule of thumb to be applied and that each tune should be 
 investigated on its own. This pre-1922 issue is still in a state of flux and will 
 be resolved sometime in the future.
 
 Isn't it nice Steve when everybody can be right? How often does that 
 happen? Let's enjoy it while we can!
 
 Ray
 
 
 
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