[78-L] George M. Cohan

[David Lennick]

Still 50 in Canada, believe it or not. Actually a lot of countries still have 
50, like Afghanistan..which is longer than the average person's lifespan there.
This also lists the copyright duration for sound recordings (see right column). 
Say, where are the Marshall Islands anyway?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_length

dl

On 7/24/2012 4:49 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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> That is for the U.S. only. Foreign rights are currently Life of the last surviving author + 70 years.
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> Cary Ginell
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>> From: ryansrecords1 at hotmail.com
>> To: 78-l at 78online.com
>> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:42:35 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] George M. Cohan
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>> I'm not an attorney, but I thought all printed works (including music) published prior to January 1, 1923 was Public Domain. Please concur if I'm right, or educate me if I'm wrong. (And of course, unfortunately, sound recordings do not fall under this law.) -Ryan
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