Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 2007/06

From: "David Blumberg" <blummy@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Copyright
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:10:00 -0400

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Copyright
Message-ID: <4681870A.6060708@-----.com>

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:18:32 -0700, Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com> wrote:
> It also raised other questions in my mind. Suppose a piece was written
> in 1938 and its copyright was subsequently renewed. An arrangement was
> made in 1946 and the copyright was not renewed. Is the arrangement now
> in the public domain or does the copyright renewal of the original piece
> take precedence?

It's questions like this that make me glad I did not try to become a lawyer.

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Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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Music and lyrics published in 1922 or earlier are in the Public Domain in
the United States. http://www.pdinfo.com/ is a good site for that info.

David Blumberg
http://www.mytempo.com

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