Believe it or not, the last time I checked,,,because Hava Nagilah gets played alot at Bar Mitzvahs...Neil Diamond owns the rights to it.
Trudi the G
>From: ALANEFALK (at) aol(dot)com
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject: Re: Hava Nagilah Rights
>Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:54:47 EDT
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>In a message dated 4/18/02 10:20:25 AM, SamWeiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net writes:
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><< A particular =arrangement= of the song may have copyright protection, but
>the tune definitely does not. >>
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>yes, you are correct on that -
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>Alan Falk
>Nefesh Klezmer Band
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