Re: Klezmer music preservation

[Marvin <physchem...>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Dichter <dbrian (at) enteract(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: Klezmer music preservation


> 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.

You might go to the Library of Congress' Web site (they are the U.S.
CopyrightOffice), where you can read what U.S. copyright law says in
non-legalese.

Even if a book or recording is out of print, the copyright isn't
automatically lapsed.  An individual may make a copy for his own use, but
not (legally) for others.

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