•What was the auction number for the eBay calliope plans? I am getting ready to start building one on Dave Kerr's plans but would like to see any information available. Rodney Diehl

•[ Ref. 040605 MMDigest "1899 Pianola Copyright Ruling Cited" That "Boosey vs. Whight" ruling is interesting, as are Julian Dyer's thoughts on it. I had not heard of the case before. I suspect that the Kazaa defense will fail because that ruling seems outdated and based on faulty premises -- or at l...

•Let me suggest that anyone interested in making copies of any copyrighted material write to the U.S. Patent Office and request information on copyrighted materials. When I was making rolls back in the late 1960s and early 1970s I was surprised to find that the conditions of copyright had changed an...

•Don't contact the Patent and Trademark Office about copyright matters. Copyright falls in the purview of the Copyright Office, an arm of the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill. Ever since the anthrax scares and terrorist alerts, Capitol Hill has become a fortress, and all mail going to offices the...

•Am I infringing copyrights? I have been experimenting with recording techniques and I placed a couple of test recordings of my Steinway Model B Duo-Art on YouTube, with the intention of asking like-minded enthusiasts for constructive criticism of the audio quality. However, YouTube have sent me the...

•I believe YouTube uses automated systems to detect when music in its videos matches music in some database(s) of presumably-copyrighted music. (Remember that even if a composition is out of [composer] copyright, a performance of may still be under [performance] copyright). Perhaps YouTube has incor...

•The simple answers are, to my knowledge more or less worldwide: > My assumption was -- > a) buying a [music] roll gave me performance rights; No. > b) any copyright expired 50 years after the performer's > and composer's death; No, 70 years. Also, an arranger might be in the list. > c) postings cou...

•Steve, I've had similar problems with YouTube claiming copyright infringements. The most recent one used background music "Mozart - Trio for clarinet, viola and piano K.498 'Kegelstatt' in Eb - 3 Allegro". Mozart wrote this arrangement over 300 years ago. The three artists playing the instruments r...

•Steve Greatrex asked about copyright on YouTube (MMD 130702). Copyright is a minefield with complex rules. For the UK rules you can find details on the web site http://www.prsformusic.com Copyright for original musical compositions is handled by the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS), n...

•The copyright laws are somewhat confusing but here is my take on it. You can record any music being played in a public venue such as a public park, public street, band organ rallies, etc. You can post the video on the Internet but you cannot profit financially in any way. Credit should be given to ...

•A point relevant to the present set of postings is that the mechanical rights (i.e., rights applying to a recording) differ somewhat in the UK and, indeed, almost everywhere outside the USA. Despite a loud campaign by pop artists for a significant extension, the rights remain at 50 years. In other ...

•An interesting discussion. As I survey the copyright land, two things strike me: 1. Infringement is a civil matter handled in civil courts (i.e., somebody has to actually sue you) unless, 2. The FBI pays you a visit -- then it's criminal. So, let's take this single instance: a performance of a clas...

•Various nations have different rules re copyright. YouTube uses U.S. rules, which are among the longest copyright protection rules in the world. For example, music published since 1923 is still under copyright no matter when the composer died, which is why some sites do not make available MIDI file...

•Like others who have commented on the issue of YouTube and other public postings of mechanical music performances, I am not a lawyer. But I have had some practical experience with YouTube that may be helpful to share. First, it is my understanding that owning a piano roll does not, by itself, give ...

•Writing as someone who derives most of my income from performance and broadcast royalties via collection societies in the UK and elsewhere, I feel that I must send this posting in an attempt to correct a few misconceptions in some earlier postings, and in an attempt to clarify an admittedly confusi...

•I'd like to thank Rowland Lee for his informative and well written screed on this subject! But I'd also like to point out that while much that is on YouTube is distressing (to me, and likely others on this list - tapping the "Most Popular" link brings me to despair) it is also a wonderful way for n...

•I should think that most music on piano rolls are in the public domain (anything pre-1923 in the US). There are claims by the Harry Fox Agency, which was made to protect earlier works on sheet music or the player piano or phonograph, but it never takes down videos as far as I know. Being a remix ar...

•In the UK today, PPL and PRS for Music license the use of music and collect royalties for the music industry. Separate organisations, they represent different rights holders and have different licences, tariffs, terms and conditions. PPL collects and distributes money for the use of recorded music ...

•The person that started the thread was asking why YouTube had tagged his post as containing copyrightable material. Further elaboration revealed that the snippet in question had nothing to do with the piece being played; it was tagged by a robot doing tone matching. Subsequently, that robot informe...

Last Week, Mark Sachnoff wrote about compulsory licenses and asked: > Does anyone know how QRS pays its royalties? QRS pays their mechanical licenses through Harry Fox. Bob Berkman related to me that up until several years ago, Harry Fox would also license and collect the lyric reprint royalties so ...