Re: [HG] Re Music

[Colin]

Correct and the copyright of the SONGS still has 20 years to run BUT the sound recordings are still copyright to the Beatles and record companies and so, after 2013, their first album can be played anywhere without having to pay anything to anyone along with several Elvis albums etc. .They won't get a penny from them (although the songs themselves will still be copyright until 2033). " The UK treasury is set to refuse extending copyright on sound recordings from 50 years to 95 years when a report looking at intellectual property rights in the UK is published next week, in a situation that could see EU copyright expire on some Beatles songs in 2013.

http://euobserver.com/9/22961/?rk=1
I suppose this means that you can mime to the tune, but not play it.
As I said, copyright is a labyrinth to negotiate.
Colin Hill


To: <hg@hurdygurdy.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: [HG] Re Music

"Across the European Union, authors of songs and their families benefit from copyright for the whole of their lives plus 70 years, while performers of songs and their producers benefit for just 50 years from the date of recording - as in the case of some Cliff Richard songs from 1958 and some Beatles songs from 1963." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Hi,
Colin wrote

Colin Hill

Does not a Mr M Jackson owe all those great B`tunes?

Billy Horne

"There's also a bit of a murmur here about the copyright running out on the Beatles songs within a few years as well so get ready for that (Norwegian wood sounds quite nice on HG, doesn't it?)."

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