•[ Ref. Bob Yorburg in 181117 MMDigest ] Bob, I do have a copy of these plans, however they are still under copyright protection. I'll contact you and see if I can supply the pertinent information. Jim Quashnock

•Happy New Year to all! And today is the first day in twenty years that a year's worth of copyrighted material has come into the public domain -- today, January 1st, all works copyrighted and published in 1923 have come into the public domain! And 1923 being a big year for pop music of the sort that...

•Well, I thought I would put in my two bits regarding the "American Pickers" episode in Oregon. The Seeburg H was dubbed in with a horribly sounding bunch of diatonic noise since the machine was playing a rather late roll. [Copyright concerns?] It was played several times, as well as the banjo, Coin...

•In the 19.10.10 MMD Paul Bellamy mentions the late H.A.V. Bulleid's books as an example where copyright problems prevent the republication of books. He says that, because Bulleid is no loner alive and the publisher holding the copyright is no longer in business, Bulleid's work can't be republished...

•[ Ref. Gavin East in 200628 MMD ] I have Ampico "Maytime" 43637-H, original roll, copyright 1917. The printed Tempo mark is 85. Ray Bauer Lake Tahoe, California

•Hi, this problem/question crops up every so often: Can I use or copy certain software, graphics, etc. that is under copyright. First, you should realize that a copyright is created the minute a 'work' is documented in a physical form. You do not have to file any paperwork to create a copyright -- y...

•Hi Jody, Have you any idea if, when or who will be updating the copyright year on the IAMMP database? Thanks, Skip Klosz [ The International Association of Mechanical Music Preservationists [ (IAMMP) was established by MMDer Warren Trachtman and announced in [ https://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/Dige...

•Dear MMDers: Once again, along with being New Year's Day, it is Public Domain Day 2022! Another year's worth of intellectual property that was copyrighted in the USA has passed into the public domain; in this case works that were copyrighted in 1926 that were subsequently properly renewed to double...

•[ Ref. http://www.pianorollmusic.org/rolldatabase.php While I applaud the scanning and video scans, if the copyright year is not included when the information is entered into the database that particular roll will _never_ be available for download. The program is set up to allow downloads of everyt...

•We have a copy of this roll in excellent condition: Melodee 1036, "You're The Cream In My Coffee", copyright by DeSilva, Brown, and Henderson, Inc. It was recorded with vocals by Judy McMahon and Andru Bemis at TechWorks! in Binghamton, New York, two blocks from the Link Piano Company factory at 18...

•Hello Lionel, I have an original Welte Licensee roll #Y7067 of "Titina", from "Puzzles of 1925", played by Rudi Erlebach. The copyright date is 1925 also. Regards, Grahame Code Australia

•Dear MMDers: Today, New Year's Day 2024, all works copyrighted in the United States in 1928 entered the public domain in the US, independent of whether those works were renewed for a second 28 years of protection or not. The most famous work in this regard is of course Walt Disney's first version o...

•Regarding the QRS rolls made for Ed Archambault (a huge business, still in operation). Note how "La Gamme et L'Amour" is numbered PB 6427, and the copyright is ascribed to Paul Beuscher, hence the prefix is the publisher's initials. Which prompts these musings… France regarded rolls as equivalent t...

Hi Jody and contributors,¶ I know it's a matter of semantics (and historical accuracy), but a "reproducer" is the head of an Edison phonograph and has nothing to do with a piano. Now if you are speaking of a "reproducing" PIANO (copyrighted name by Aeolian for their Duo-Art) or a "re-enacting" (AMPI...

The keytops that are in question from Yamaha are the same keytops used only on their better grands. Yamaha considers their better grands the C-3 and larger. The C-3 is 6'1". The copyrighted name for these keytops is Ivorite. They will also sell their keytops from the smaller pianos. The electric mod...

•In reply to Bill Wineburgh's query yesterday - "Barcelona", written by Anton Lada and Spencer Williams, was copyrighted by Lada (but not published) in 1920. "I Miss My Swiss, My Swiss Miss Misses Me" written by A. Wolfe Gilbert and Abel Baer, copyrighted in 1925. John Farrell stridepiano@email.msn...

•A fellow technician just gave me the player stuff he got from another technician's estate. In it was a "... Descriptive Catalog of 'Style H' Player Pianos", from the Hobart M Cable Co., copyrighted May 1917. It appears to be a quite complete service/owners manual for the Standard Pneumatic Player. ...

•This subject of the alignment of the Ampico B tracker bar expression holes is explained in detail in Larry Given's book, "Re-Enacting the Artist". Copyrighted in 1970, this book is now out of print, but many libraries have copies. Pages 52 and 58 explain how the holes, offset by 1/32 inch, compensa...

•Ed Gaida is correct concerning the license fee of 7.1 cents per "recording", but there is a $35.50 minimum. Of course, this only applies to copyrighted material. Philip Jamison PA

•Many versions of this book are available at http://www.bibliofind.com/ (26 copies) and at http://www.abe.com/ (73 copies). The latest I found was copyrighted 1995. The earliest were two dated 1883 (one USA, one GB) and noted as 2nd Edition. All were priced $2.50-$40.00. Most were $4-$15. Jim Divoky...