[78-L] European Sound Recording Copyright Extension^

[Cary Ginell]

I'm not sure. I believe I recall hearing that certain George Gershwin works were protected by the Ira side of the estate by making minute changes to the music so that it could be re-copyrighted as an arrangement. I could be way off base on this, but there were some instances where George-only works had their copyrights extended in this manner. 

Cary Ginell

> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:57:51 -0400
> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] European Sound Recording Copyright Extension^
> 
> 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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