Comments on: How to make money out of the expiration of copyright and save culture — all at the same time http://newmusicstrategies.com/2006/11/27/how-to-make-money-out-of-the-expiration-of-copyright-and-save-culture-all-at-the-same-time/ Music culture, strategy and thinking in the digital age Sun, 20 May 2012 02:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: How to make money out of the expiration of copyright and save … :: Newstack http://newmusicstrategies.com/2006/11/27/how-to-make-money-out-of-the-expiration-of-copyright-and-save-culture-all-at-the-same-time/comment-page-1/#comment-173 How to make money out of the expiration of copyright and save … :: Newstack Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:22:58 +0000 http://newmusicstrategies.com/2006/11/27/how-to-make-money-out-of-the-expiration-of-copyright-and-save-culture-all-at-the-same-time/#comment-173 [...] Read more: here [...] [...] Read more: here [...]

]]> By: Dubber http://newmusicstrategies.com/2006/11/27/how-to-make-money-out-of-the-expiration-of-copyright-and-save-culture-all-at-the-same-time/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Dubber Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:52:50 +0000 http://newmusicstrategies.com/2006/11/27/how-to-make-money-out-of-the-expiration-of-copyright-and-save-culture-all-at-the-same-time/#comment-172 True. If you release a track that automatically goes into the public domain, you must still pay the composer of the work based on the sales that you make. The theory is that 50 years is enough time for a record company to make money on a work that they've financed. And this is why the extension of copyright act is deliberately confusing: people thing that songwriters will stop making money on hits they wrote in their lifetime -- and that's just not the case. So yeah -- unless I'm very much mistaken (and that's been known to happen), the recording of the song automatically goes into the public domain even if the song itself doesn't. True. If you release a track that automatically goes into the public domain, you must still pay the composer of the work based on the sales that you make.

The theory is that 50 years is enough time for a record company to make money on a work that they’ve financed. And this is why the extension of copyright act is deliberately confusing: people thing that songwriters will stop making money on hits they wrote in their lifetime — and that’s just not the case.

So yeah — unless I’m very much mistaken (and that’s been known to happen), the recording of the song automatically goes into the public domain even if the song itself doesn’t.

]]> By: TonsOTunes http://newmusicstrategies.com/2006/11/27/how-to-make-money-out-of-the-expiration-of-copyright-and-save-culture-all-at-the-same-time/comment-page-1/#comment-171 TonsOTunes Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:54:41 +0000 http://newmusicstrategies.com/2006/11/27/how-to-make-money-out-of-the-expiration-of-copyright-and-save-culture-all-at-the-same-time/#comment-171 Let's remember that there are two copyrights related to recorded music ... one covers the recording itself ... the other covers the song. IF the UK government agrees with the recommendation in the report that suggests that copyrights on recordings not be extended... the copyrights on the songs will not be effected... They already last for 95 years. Therefore, if you decide to sell - or share - recordings that fall into the public domain, licenses (and payments due) are still required for the songs ... If you fail to meet you legal obligations, penalties for copyright infringement will still apply. Let’s remember that there are two copyrights related to recorded music … one covers the recording itself … the other covers the song. IF the UK government agrees with the recommendation in the report that suggests that copyrights on recordings not be extended… the copyrights on the songs will not be effected… They already last for 95 years. Therefore, if you decide to sell – or share – recordings that fall into the public domain, licenses (and payments due) are still required for the songs … If you fail to meet you legal obligations, penalties for copyright infringement will still apply.

]]> By: Paul http://newmusicstrategies.com/2006/11/27/how-to-make-money-out-of-the-expiration-of-copyright-and-save-culture-all-at-the-same-time/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Paul Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:39:54 +0000 http://newmusicstrategies.com/2006/11/27/how-to-make-money-out-of-the-expiration-of-copyright-and-save-culture-all-at-the-same-time/#comment-170 Hey dubber. Forgive me, I know nothing about copyright law, but this was a great post but I'm foggy on the detail. If something was published in 1956, and has a 50 year limit, does that mean that it automatically goes into the public domain? Or can the label (or whoever) renew the copyright? Or..something? By the same token, say you have a record that is over 50 years old, is it copyright-free by default, and anyones to copy, remix, re-issue, etc? Thanks. Am loving NMS by the way, keep it up :) Paul Hey dubber. Forgive me, I know nothing about copyright law, but this was a great post but I’m foggy on the detail. If something was published in 1956, and has a 50 year limit, does that mean that it automatically goes into the public domain? Or can the label (or whoever) renew the copyright? Or..something? By the same token, say you have a record that is over 50 years old, is it copyright-free by default, and anyones to copy, remix, re-issue, etc?

Thanks. Am loving NMS by the way, keep it up :)

Paul

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