Bob Rogers wrote: > I keep reading in various sources that anything published before 1922 > is considered in the public domain (at least here in the States)...
Are you sure that's correct? As I understood it, the copyright last for 75 years after the artist's death, so if someone's work was published in 1921 and he or she died in 1928, it's still under copyright. Having said that, Skinner died in 1927, so the copyright on his compositions has, I think, just run out. Not that many have bothered about that for a long time. From Shand in the thirties to recording artists in the nineties, the common practice was to ignore Skinner's copyright and regard his stuff as P.D. I'm not saying that it was right, but it happened. Anyway, I'm not saying you're wrong, Bob - I just didn't know about it. -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
