•Hand Played Rolls, Smaller Firms and U.S. Copyright Law Julian Dyer's excellent post in 120604 MMDigest re-introduced to my mind a topic that, while I've corresponded about it privately with a few collectors, I've seen little public commentary on. What's on my mind this morning is U.S. copyright la...

•[ Ref. 140814 MMDigest, "Rich Olsen Wurlitzer Rolls Copyright Status", [ by Gordon Ramsey -- Theoretically any music played in a public venue for profit is subject to royalty payment to the copyright holder, if the music has not fallen into the public domain. Any such music is construed as being pl...

•Recently I came across a QRS roll of a song titled "Am I To Blame", copyrighted on Jan. 12th (1st) & Jan. 18th (2nd), 1923, by Broadway Music Corp. The Library of Congress copyright credits Raymond Klages with the lyrics and Billy Fazioli with the music. Can anyone help in identifying the roll numb...

•[ Bob Yoder wrote in 180810 MMDigest -- > But I also have five rolls from a mysterious "HS" Schutzmarke > (copyright notice), made in Germany. The cut seems specific, > and some rolls have square punches. The roll Bob Yoder is asking for details about is a "Virtuola" roll for the Römhildt [Roemhild...

•As of 1st January, 2019, the date for music copyright [expiration in USA] moved forward by one year, the first time since the "Sonny Bono copyright extension" was introduced 21 years ago. Since then, the cutoff date for music and other copyright entering the public domain has been 1922. Now, all pu...

Whistling Rufus is an early rag/cakewalk by Kerry Mills, which was copyrighted in 1899. Other Mills tunes include At a Georgia Camp Meeting (one of my favorites -- I bet a few MMD'ers remember the Encore banjo roll of this tune on one of the Paul Eakins compilation records), Impecunious Davis, Happy...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- I have a Disney copyrighted music box dated 1971, made by Anri in Italy. It is round, with Donald Duck playing a guitar and the three little ducks playing musical instruments around a little fir tree. The platform rotates and it plays the them...

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Just a couple things: Concerning names for this digest: I send out mail every week to AMICA, but not to the Automated Musical Instrument Collector's Association. Apparantly, AMICA is also the name of an Insurance agency...others were saying to Copyright whatever name we chose. I wonder if "AMICA" is...

> Concerning names for this digest: I send out mail every week to > AMICA, but not to the Automated Musical Instrument Collector's > Association. Apparantly, AMICA is also the name of an Insurance > agency...others were saying to Copyright whatever name we chose. I > wonder if "AMICA" is also copyri...

Andy LaTorre said: > My written request to Warner Brothers to re-arrange piano arrangements > of popular marches went unanswered. ... So, you can see the frustrations > involved in this copyright thing. I want to keep within the law, but > I am frustrated at every turn. I think that -- provided you ...

During the BeBop era, a lot of the artists would rewrite the tune over the chord changes of current (or older) tunes (such as "Whispering" or "Back Home in Indiana") and copyright the result. This would allow them to play arrangements of current pop songs royalty free. Chord progressions and titles ...

[ This announcement appears to be from a press release by MIDI [ Manufacturers Association, and is reproduced here completely. Groundbreaking new U.S. Copyright Office opinion equates MIDI files with CDs and audio cassettes Source: Business Wire¶ NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. -- The...

In the 1970s, most if not all Joplin compositons still were within the 75- year limit and theoretically protected by copyright law. The "descendant" of the composer or the composer's trust would still be a negotiable organ for anyone planning a recording today of music copyrighted after 1922. An exa...

S. K. Goodman wrote: > In the 1970s, most if not all Joplin compositons still were within > the 75-year limit and theoretically protected by copyright law. Not quite right. 1906 was the public domain cutoff, and several works never had a proper initial copyright. Ed Berlin

Re "Painting the Town ..." for the Wurlitzer 165 in Glen Echo Park: I can't wait to hear a cassette tape of that organ playing my song. If it is successful, I'd like to do more. Just think: no copyright nor licensing hassles to worry about, as I am both composer and publisher! Just one favor, please...

•This web site has one of the best collections of good quality ragtime performances to be found, in Midi format, with "no strings attached," i.e., the files have no copyright or licensing restrictions -- everyone may enjoy them ! --- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD --- From: JohnRo...

•The Higel action has a version of Themodist which they call Solodant. Maybe the name change is to avoid copyright and/or patent problems. As far as I know they did not have an office in London, England. My piano, a Sherlock Manning, bears the inscription "London, Ontario". I believe that London ref...

•The following is a synopsis of an article that appeared in my local newspaper. Have any of our MMD subscribers seen or heard one of these pianos? "Two-Lid Piano Gets Concert Hall Snub" Copyright 1997 N.Y. Times Printed in The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, KS, December 9, 1997 NEW YORK - The image o...