To: kravitz@foxtail.com Jody, Not sure if this is an appropriate contribution to the mailing list. Have a look, and if you feel appropriate, add it in. Regards, Terry [ [ Editor's Note: [ I generally avoid discussing politics and religion in [ forums where it has not been requested. I believe that [...

Jody -- How can I get a pamphlet that came in today's digest??? [ Editor's Note: Matthew Caulfield implied in his article that [ he'd be willing to get brochures from the Copyright Office downstairs [ from his office for readers of this list. He will see this request [ from you, but doesn't know how...

•I am currently working on recording some rolls on my Ampico, and was thinking about making a CD to sell. I am wondering what sort of copyright rules might apply. All the rolls I am using are original rolls from the 'teens and 'twenties. Ed Copeland

•Copyright on things from the 20's and before lasts 75 years from first registration. This means that this year, anything from 1921 and before is public domain. Anything after that is subject to a mechanical royalty. For anything else, contact the publisher or Harry Fox Agency. Harry Fox will want a...

•A few years ago I was doing some research in the micro-film library on NY Times player piano ads from 1915-1925. I copied many ad's and would now like to scan then and have an ad's section at my sight, but I do not want to have any copyright problems. The ads fall into a few categories: piano store...

•Hi all. I have been following the thread on performances very closely. I play piano rolls at Jazz Festivals so have a vested interest. It is impossible not to feel sympathy for the genuine hobbyist -- and I consider myself one -- whose prime aim is simply to spread the word about valued music. Trac...

•Just about the time all of yesterday's contributions were being typed, I spent an interesting afternoon with Steve Cox, who trades as Laguna Rolls. He has a very nice perforator he built himself (with a stepper motor and intelligent control allowing 200 punch rows per inch, deliberately designed to...

•Claus Kucher wrote to me recently: > Hello Robbie! Recently there was a discussion in the MMD about the > question of copyrights, when Karl Ellison published RealAudio files > at his web site. > > Maybe interesting also is what I just found at > > http://www.datenautobahn.de/musik/online-magazin/ge...

•"The Dead Composers Society" -- The sons, daughters and publishers of dead composers are fighting for the following provision: [ This is an extract, taken from a proposed amendment to the [ copyright laws of the United States. Approved in the House of [ Representatives, it is now awaiting discussio...

•Follow this link for discussions of MP3, copyright issues, and similar topics: http://www.news.com/SpecialFeatures/0,5,34958,00.html?st.ne.fd.gif.j Steve McCollum

•[ Dean Smith asked in 011116 MMD what copyright problems might [ be encountered when producing music rolls of Christmas music. Here is a little bit on copyright from a non-lawyer (me) but one who worked one floor above the U.S. Copyright Office for years and may have picked up a little by osmosis, ...

•I had heard that a long time ago (1920-1930ish) that the piano roll makers and the sheet music makers were having copyright disputes. Later on the Supreme Court ruled that piano rolls were defined as machinery and not music and as such didn't fall under that same copyright restrictions as sheet mus...

•Re Copyright Laws. You will find information at: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html#wci Perhaps the answers are there. Regards, Colin MacKinnon

•Those interested in the status of works copyrighted in the 1920's should be heartened to hear that the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear "Eldred v. Ashcroft." What is Eldred v. Ashcroft you might ask? It directly challenges the constitutionality of the "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of ...

•George Bogatko wrote that the US Supreme Court has agreed to hear "Eldred v. Ashcroft" : > Imagine the great wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth that will > will occur at Warner Bros. et al when all those great Gershwin, > Porter, Warren, Rodgers, Kern, Arlen etc. tunes stop paying royalties...

•The automated pinning machine for making new music for Gem Roller and Concert Roller Organettes mentioned in a previous MMD posting (020213) is now "production" ready. Thanks to MMD and its readers I am now working with some experts in arranging for mechanical music who are creating wonderful new a...

•There is a seller on eBay who is apparently making and selling photocopies of plans to build an air calliope. The plans are copyright 1975, A. B. Enterprises, Peoria, IL. Does anyone know anything about this company? I've seen copies of these plans before and it is apparent that they have been copi...

•Hi Everyone -- In response to the question about the calliope plans that were on eBay [040206 MMDigest], I had purchased a few sets from a person on the net a few years ago who as I remember was in the circus supply business. This is not something of my making, these plans were just as I had purcha...

•The plans that are up for auction are probably from the A. B. Brill company. A. B. Brill created blueprints for the carnival industry after WW2. His plans often explained how to take war surplus and make carnival rides and attractions. He was also known to publish plans that he didn't create. I hav...

•A. B. Brill was an old-time carney [carnival] operator (I think) who published a cute mimeographed(!) catalog of plans for every imaginable carney ride, and for such treats as carney lemonade (no lemons) and corn dogs (you don't even want to know!). I purchased his calliope plans. They are, shall w...