Re: [ARSCLIST] ^ Letter on British Copyright Term Extension

[Rod Stephens <savecal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

Here's one for you.  I was a member of a college choir in the '50s, and 
recordings of our University Choir were given to Columbia Records for 
five releases on Columbia Masterworks, Epic, and Harmony.  I didn't sign 
anything, but does the University have the rights to the recordings or what?

Rod Stephens

Jack Palmer wrote:

>    But he usually doesn't own the rights to the recordings that are 
> being sold and resold all over the world.  His performance was paid 
> for and unless he signed a contract giving him  royalties for his 
> performance he never gets another dime.   Jack
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Olhsson" <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] ^ Letter on British Copyright Term Extension
>
>
> > Steven C. Barr wrote:
> >
> > > First, the concept of
> > > unlimited copyrights only begins to make sense if EVERY artist 
> > > (including
> > > past artists) owns the copyrights to his/her/its music
> >
> >
> > EVERY artist DOES own the copyright to his/her music unless they 
> > decided that it was worth their while to sell the rights to somebody 
> > else.
> >
> > For the life of me I don't understand why people seem to think this 
> > isn't the case.
> >
> > --
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