[78-L] George M. Cohan

[Alan Bunting]

Not sure how accurate this Wikipedia piece is - for example it says sound recordings copyright in the UK is 70 years. In fact it is 50 and remains so until all EU countries ratify and implement the 2009 Directive which extends it to 70 years - something that is unlikely to happen until next year.
 
Alan Bunting


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>From: David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
>
>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
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>dl
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>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.
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> 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
>>>