Re: [Tango-L] Copyright for tango music?

2011-02-12 Thread Sergey Kazachenko
If I understand correctly, by US law works of art are copyrighted 70 years after the authors' death. Seems that Argentinian law is similar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_copyright_law So while you might be OK copyright-wise (but not codigos-wise!) with playing Gardel, most Golden Age era

Re: [Tango-L] Tango and tai chi push hands

2011-02-12 Thread Jim Gillette
ja, ja, ja. I guess I'll have to take a boom box with some tango music to the park next week! Others have tried to combine it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu8q-EqhTdI It just pops up all over the place. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXdP2po2kX8 On Feb 9, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Sergey Kazachen

Re: [Tango-L] Copyright for tango music?

2011-02-12 Thread Tony Rathburn
officially, all tango music is copyrighted... and, the copyright never expires. as within the US, an appropriate fee should be paid to copy, distribute, or play for commercial purposes, including websites or milongas. the organization that covers licensing is BsAs is Sadiac. tony - O

Re: [Tango-L] Copyright for tango music?

2011-02-12 Thread jfpaloma
Our studio pays a very reasonable annual licensing fee to ASCAP to cover all non-public domain music we use in our classes and milongas. -Original Message- From: dwy...@gmail.com To: Tango-L Sent: Fri, Feb 11, 2011 9:39 pm Subject: [Tango-L] Copyright for tango music? Hi All -- is

Re: [Tango-L] Tango-L Digest, Vol 59, Issue 12

2011-02-12 Thread Don Klein
I have a friend who teaches the inter-connections of the two: http://www.taichichuan.be/2011/01/ Don On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:33:18 -0600, Jim Gillette wrote: > Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Tango and tai chi push hands > To: Sergey Kazachenko > Cc: tango-l@mit.edu > > > ja, ja, ja. I guess I'll have

Re: [Tango-L] Copyright for tango music?

2011-02-12 Thread John H. Walton
Tony Rathburn said: > > officially, all tango music is copyrighted... and, the copyright > never expires. > Not technically true IMHO. It varies by country, but copyright in the actual intellectual property of the *music* lasts about 23 years. i.e. after that time you can perform the music i