[78-L] European Sound Recording Copyright Extension^

[Jeff Sultanof]

Hasn't Rhapsody in Blue been P.D. in England since 1988?

Jeff Sultanof

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
> =======================
> I'm gonna open up pressing plants in South Georgia and Ascension Island
> and see what happens!
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