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, muc
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 subj
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 category
Since the original question had two points, about legal and moral
standing, I'll answer the legal part:
The short answer is NO YOU MAY NOT WITHOUT PERMISSION.
US law is both extremely clear and exceptionally vague. The clear parts:
1. Any new creative work that is set down in a fixed form is i
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 understa
Actually, I wrote that. It was included in Alan’s post.
Martha
> On Jan 23, 2016, at 11:45 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers
> wrote:
>
> Alan wrote, "As for me - as a dance choreographer - please feel free to
> spread my dances - they are on my website, and I wrote them to go out into
> the wor
Alan wrote, "As for me - as a dance choreographer - please feel free to
spread my dances - they are on my website, and I wrote them to go out into
the world and be fruitful and multiply and all that."
Thank you Alan for your generosity.
My comments below are related to the square dance and contra
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 wa
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publish anything I'd ask permission then credit the author.
Laurie
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 pro
> 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 d
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 pu
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