I think there are some worthwhile discussions to be had here. Since it is a further topic for discussion I have posted with a new subject to avoid confusion with the Jimmy Allan Topic which grinds on.
I agree with most of what Dru has said, but I believe the situation in the USA is rather different, where the first person to record a song gains rights over it. Am I correct? Also, how long does copyright last? Anyone know any good websites? Barry On 15 Jan 2009 at 22:57, Dru Brooke-Taylor wrote: > There's a further topic for discussion. What does anyone claim "Trad > C/C" means? I suspect there are people on this list who will disagree > with me, but I think the statement 'Trad C/C' is usually a nonsense > statement. It's either one or the other. It can't be both. Copyright > has to belong to someone. > > By calling something 'trad', in effect, a person is saying they do not > believe there is anyone who has copyright in it. They aren't expecting > to pay royalties for using it, or that someone will leap out of the > woodwork who can claim them. A different copyright exists in the > actual recording, but you do not give yourself copyright in a piece of > music that comes from somewhere else just by finding it on a grubby > piece of lined paper, hearing it in a session or playing it. You can > only get such a copyright by tracing who wrote it, finding them or > their executors, being able to show that their copyright has not > expired and persuading them to sell it to you. > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
