[78-L] European Sound Recording Copyright Extension^

[Julian Vein]

On 16/09/11 02:08, Cary Ginell wrote:
> Any composition that was going to expire after its 75 year term was up (e.g. Rhapsody in Blue, which would have gone P.D. on January 1, 2000), now has an extra 20 years tacked onto its life. Copyrighted works published before January 1, 1978 are NOT grandfathered into the Life + 70 rule - for the U.S., that is. As an example, under the current law, Rhapsody in Blue will go into the public domain IN THE U.S. on January 1, 2020, 95 years after it was copyrighted. For the rest of the world, Rhapsody in Blue will go P.D. on January 1, 2018, or 70 years after the death of Gershwin. So the rarity is that a song will go P.D. for the rest of the world BEFORE it does so in the States.
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> Cary Ginell
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