[78-L] The Public Domain Review

[Thomas HENRY]

As explained in the text, the law is not the same in the US and in the
European Union...


2013/9/12 David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>

> What planet is this person living on? It's still 50 plus the year of
> issue, so
> 1962 is the cutoff and will remain so if the changes are passed this year.
>
> dl
>
> On 9/12/2013 12:06 PM, Thomas HENRY wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> > I don’t know if some of you already came across The Public Domain Review
> > website (http://publicdomainreview.org)...
> >
> >
> > It’s an online journal dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the best
> of
> > public domain material found on the web. There’s an audio section on the
> > site (http://publicdomainreview.org/audio/), featuring various
> recordings
> > such as “*Adelina Patti singing The Last Rose of Summer* (1905)” (
> >
> http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/01/28/adelina-patti-singing-the-last-rose-of-summer-1905/
> ),
> > “*James Joyce reading his works (1924/1929)*” (
> >
> http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/06/15/james-joyce-reading-his-work-19241929/
> )
> > or these “*Slovak folk songs (1928/1930)*” (
> > http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/02/18/slovak-folk-songs-192830/).
> >
> >
> > The team behind the site is about to launch a new section called the “PDR
> > Playlists”, in which the PDR works with music collectors to showcase
> > interesting public domain material from their collections. The post would
> > consist of a compilation of songs focusing on a particular genre, theme,
> or
> > period, or could be simply songs from one record - with a little bit of
> > accompanying text (if desired) giving a little bit of background to the
> > selection. There are about to publish my own contributions (recordings
> made
> > by French ethnographers in Congo and Gabon in the late 40’s) and they are
> > trying to find other people willing to share their records to a wider
> > audience. It’s a way to celebrate the preservation work done by us
> > collectors.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regarding the legal aspect: the key thing is that these recordings must
> be,
> > at least somewhere in the world, in the public domain. Unfortunately no
> > recordings are public domain in the U.S. But in E.U. and many other
> > countries there are public domain recordings - for 2014, this is a song
> > that has been written and/or arranged (music and lyrics) by someone who
> > died prior to 1944, and recorded prior to 1964 (though this will most
> > likely change soon to 1944). E.g. A song written and arranged by Scott
> > Joplin (who died in 1917) and recorded in 1916 will be public domain in
> the
> > E.U. It doesn't matter if the recording is not public domain in your home
> > country, just as long as it is public domain somewhere in the world.
> >
> >
> > If you’re interested in taking part to this project or have any questions
> > regarding the legal aspect, you can contact directly Adam Green, the
> editor
> > of the Public Domain Review: adam.green at publicdomainreview.org.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> >
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > http://ceintsdebakelite.com/
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