[Tango-L] The Australian context for copyright in Original Tango Music

2011-02-16 Thread Vince Bagusauskas
This really is an interesting topic the more I read about it. There are many different factors that performers, dance schools, milongas and DJs need to consider. Here is what I have distilled so far from many different websites for Australian copyright. Copyright has totally been extinguished

Re: [Tango-L] The Australian context for copyright in Original Tango Music

2011-02-18 Thread Vince Bagusauskas
The following is a response from the Licensing Department, PHONOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA (PPCA), to a series of questions I posed to them: "On 1 January 2005, the duration of copyright increased. The increase applies to all works and sound recordings which were in copyright on

Re: [Tango-L] The Australian context for copyright in Original Tango Music

2011-02-18 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Interesting. So does this mean that if a music student does a recital of Libertango in order to graduate, he must have a license to perform it (which I would guess would be handled by the school)? Would "public performance" include anything outside of the home, regardless of whether money is r

Re: [Tango-L] The Australian context for copyright in Original Tango Music

2011-02-18 Thread Myk Dowling
On 19/02/11 03:54, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote: > Interesting. So does this mean that if a music student does a recital of > Libertango in order to graduate, he must have a license to perform it (which > I would guess would be handled by the school)? > Australian and US copyrights have some si

Re: [Tango-L] The Australian context for copyright in Original Tango Music

2011-02-18 Thread Myk Dowling
On 18/02/11 23:16, Vince Bagusauskas wrote: > The following is a response from the Licensing Department, PHONOGRAPHIC > PERFORMANCE COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA (PPCA), to a series of questions I posed to > them: > > > "On 1 January 2005, the duration of copyright increased. The increase > applies to all