Neal, I disagree with what you've said. As Read's reply and Jeff's post
point out, actually, contra dances might not be considered dance
choreography under the statute. And, if I were a judge looking at it, I'd
say it isn't. Contra dances might have one or two unique moves, but that
is much,
Here's a post I wrote a couple years ago summarizing what I found when I
looked into this: http://www.jefftk.com/p/can-you-copyright-a-contra-dance
On Jan 25, 2016 8:22 AM, "Read Weaver via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Well, maybe. But:
>
> "Congress has stated that the
Well, maybe. But:
"Congress has stated that the subject matter of choreography does not include
‘‘social dance steps and simple routines.’’ H.R. Rep. 94–1476 at 54 (1976). A
compilation of simple routines, social dances, or even exercises would not be
registrable unless it results in a
On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 10:47:04 -0500, Tom Hinds via Callers wrote:
> My understanding is that here in the US choreography can't be
> protected by law but the written word or the description of it can
> be legally copyrighted.
>
> It would be interesting to know what the law is in the UK.
My
Jeremy,
My understanding is that here in the US choreography can't be
protected by law but the written word or the description of it can be
legally copyrighted.
It would be interesting to know what the law is in the UK.
T
On 1/22/2016 7:02 PM, Martha Wild via Callers wrote:
Call a dance written by someone else:
Pretty much always, is my guess. If I note down a dance at a festival and I
like it, I call it, and try to get all attributions for announcement. Maybe if
there was a caller who stipulate that no one
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publish anything I'd ask permission then credit the author.
Call a dance written by someone else:
Pretty much always, is my guess. If I note down a dance at a festival and I
like it, I call it, and try to get all attributions for announcement. Maybe if
there was a caller who stipulate that no one was to call their dances without
express permission or
> Under what circumstances do we have the moral and/or legal right to:
> 1) Call a dance written by someone else?
This is part of the folk process and the best way to get dances in
circulation. If people only called their own dances or had to pay royalties
to call other people's dances, a lot of
The folk community is generally very open on sharing ideas and
choreography. I suspect few of us would think twice about calling a dance
that we found when someone else called it at an event. As for publishing
it on the internet, we'd probably be more reticent, especially if the
author has not
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