[78-L] The Public Domain Review

[David Lennick]

Interesting that some classical compositions by long-dead composers will remain 
in copyright because of co-contributions. Dvorak's "Rusalka" has a libretto by 
someone who died in 1950, so with the 70 years copyright already in place on 
music (not recordings), Rusalka is protected till 2020. (This is Europe. 
Rusalka would definitely be PD in the States, I'm sure, being published before 
1923.)

Gershwin's 'Swanee" (1919) is PD in the States but copyrighted everywhere else 
because its lyricist, Irving Caesar, lived to 1996.

dl

On 9/13/2013 12:29 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> As I said..
> "The new provisions will apply to all existing sound recordings protected by
> copyright on 1st November 2013 and
> to all new sound recordings made after that date. The regulations will not have
> the effect of bringing any sound
> recording back into copyright if that copyright had previously expired."
>
> Lots of other interesting reading in there. Who designed that cover page? It
> looks like a piece of cheese.
>
> dl
>
> On 9/13/2013 12:19 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> David is right and thisdocument pretty well sums up the issue:
>> http://www.ipo.gov.uk/directive201177eu.pdf
>> Kristjan
>>
>>
>> On 2013-09-13 17:48, David Lennick wrote:
>>> And again, my understanding is that all recordings now in PD will remain in PD,
>>> which means everything issued through 1962. For what it's worth, Canada hasn't
>>> announced any changes to the 50 year rule, so the "anywhere in the world"
>>> provision might be loosely applied here, but lotsa luck.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 9/13/2013 11:36 AM, Christopher Steward wrote:
>>>> Up to now each year there was a year's worth of recordings that came out of copyright. Not now: anything issued after the end of 1962 will be covered by the new 70 year law, and therefore come out of copyright progressively in 20 years' time.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>>      From: John Wright<vintage at jabw.demon.co.uk>
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Sent: Friday, 13 September 2013, 12:19
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] The Public Domain Review
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes David, but read the message, he's talking about 2014, not this year.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>