Klarinet Archive - Posting 000184.txt from 2007/06

From: "David Blumberg" <blummy@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Copyright
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:14:32 -0400

btw -The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act was signed into law on
October 27, 1998. Prior to the Sonny Bono 20 year copyright term extension,
copyright protection for works registered before 1/1/1978 was 75 years;
therefore, compositions registered in 1922 or earlier entered the public
domain on 1/1/1998. The 1998 copyright extension did not extend copyright
protection from 75 to 95 years for songs already in the public domain so . .
.

The Good News - works published in the United States in 1922 or earlier are
in the public domain even if they are not yet 95 years old.
The Bad News - no new works will enter the public domain until January 1,
2019.

source: http://www.pdinfo.com/copyrt.htm

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David Blumberg http://www.mytempo.com

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