Situations like the one David Bailey describes are part of the rationale for the Public Domain Enhancement Act (US HR 2601). Copyright owners would need to be a $1 fee to maintain their copyright after 50 years and then each 10 years thereafter until the end of the term, or the work goes into the public domain in the USA. Registering with the $1 fee would also provide the updated contact information for the copyright holder.
You can read more about it at: http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/pdea.html Michael Good Recordare LLC www.recordare.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
