At 06:43 AM 8/23/2007 -0600, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: >that the word "probably" may be overstating the case. Items copyrighted >in the U.S. after 1923, and before a date in the mid 1960's (If I >remember correctly, and I don't have time at the moment to be sure that >I do) were copyrighted for a term of 28 years, and then, for the >copyright to remain in force, had to be renewed. The copyright office >has reported that of all of the copyrights which required renewal, half >were never renewed, and these items are in the public domain.
The 1994 law included "restored copyright" for many works in the public domain. It's a minefield for composers. This article has good information: http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=4576 If you can stand it, check out 104A, copyright in restored works... <http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000104---A000-.html> ...especially (a)(1)(A) and (B) and (h)(6)(C)(i) Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
