Re: Klezmer music preservation

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Brian:

My understanding is that  US copyright law extends to fifty years
after the death of the composer(s), when the composition enters into
the Public Domain (and anyone can employ the material without having to
pay the publisher/composer a royalty.
However, some time ago, a policy of "automatic renewal" was instituted --
although I'm not sure what this means in the case of an old 78 where all
the parties are long deceased.
As far as the "performance" on a record, goes,
we are fortunate to have a  copyright expert on the List.
Perhaps Shira will explain it in more detail.
And others who have been involved in anthologies and compilations
that involve previously released material.



Wolf


Brian Dichter wrote:

> Hi. Sorry to post again but I'm transitioning my lists to another email
> address and I wanted to add to my original post.
>
> Would anyone care to comment on the intellectual property issues involved in
> copying out-of-print, unavailable recordings such as really old 78s, etc.
> Obviously, and thanks to a lot of friendly responses, there are several of
> these recordings available commercially and I would certainly avoid
> duplicating these since they can be purchased from several sources but
> there's so much more that is not widely available and difficult to find.
>
> So, what I would like to do is clean up some of these original recordings
> and burn CD-Rs that I would make available to anyone else who is interested
> for no more cost than the blank CD ($1.00-$1.50) and postage. But, before
> doing this I would like to receive any opinions about doing this. My main
> concern is to preserve these precious recordings and to make them available
> to others but with respect to any intellectual property issues of which I'm
> not terribly knowledgeable.
>
> Thanks again for your valuable feedback. 8)
> brian
> --
> "Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it."
> --Talmud
>

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