Klarinet Archive - Posting 000186.txt from 2007/06

From: Sean Osborn <feanor33@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Copyright
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:52:46 -0400

David is correct.

As a further explination, all of this happened because Micky Mouse
was about to enter the public domain. It's nice to know that big
powerful companies like Disney can't affect our legislative process
through coercion or bribery.
.....right.

Sean

>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

www.osbornmusic.com

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