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EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 54, Issue 14
This issue's topics:
COPYRIGHT (2 messages)
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 13:49:13 GMT
From: JOEL STERN
Subject: COPYRIGHT
Does anyone know about American copyright laws?
(American) Billboard magazine are running a song contest and I am considering
entering a song.
On the entry form they mention
"Copyright registration not required. If song is registered, contestants must
put copyright notices on entries and file under U.S. copyright laws."
In my country (Australia), there is no copyright registration system.
Protection if free and automatic. Material is protected from the time it is
first written down or taped.
It sounds like I should register in U.S. to make sure, but I don't know to
contact or what the procedure is; or whether in fact it is appropriate or
allowable for a person from another country to register in U.S..
Any help would be appreciated.
David William Crocombe.
EMAIL: david@abc.gov.au
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SUBJECT OF THE REPLY: REPLY
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>Does anyone know about American copyright laws?
David: I'm no expert on this but I think that your music is protected
under the Bern Convention international copyright laws, which is
probably why Australia and many other countries have no specific
copyright arrangement. The U.S. recently became a party to the
Bern Convention and I think that the system here is now
duplicative but that people still seek protection under the old
system because not everything in the Bern arrangement has been
tested out in the courts yet. I'm not offering this as legal
advice and I may be all wet but this is my understanding. By the
way, I work across the hall from the U.S. copyright office and
can try to get better info if you need it.
Joel
stern@mail.loc.gov.
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 12:24:05 EST
From: David Crocombe
Subject: COPYRIGHT
Does anyone know about American copyright laws?
(American) Billboard magazine are running a song contest and I am considering
entering a song.
On the entry form they mention
"Copyright registration not required. If song is registered, contestants must
put copyright notices on entries and file under U.S. copyright laws."
In my country (Australia), there is no copyright registration system.
Protection if free and automatic. Material is protected from the time it is
first written down or taped.
It sounds like I should register in U.S. to make sure, but I don't know to
contact or what the procedure is; or whether in fact it is appropriate or
allowable for a person from another country to register in U.S..
Any help would be appreciated.
David William Crocombe.
EMAIL: david@abc.gov.au
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