[Dixielandjazz] USA Copyright Law

[Dixiejazzdata]

 It's job and income protection racket for ASCAP & BMI and perpetual cash income for their  Non-Profit organization.

Cheers,
  Bart

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com>
To: B.B. Buffington <dixiejazzdata at aol.com>
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 10:36 am
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] USA Copyright Law


>Songs created after 1/1/ 78 are protected for 70 years after the death of
the author, or last surviving author. 

This, to me, seems like a monster change!  It adds another 70 to 100 years
to the copyright, approx, from the earlier law of when the song was
published.  

Jim


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