Re: Copyright

brianhughes45@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Feb 11, 12:33 am, brianhughe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Feb 10, 7:04 pm, hcbowman <hcbow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



http://www.stlr.org/2008/10/john-mccain-and-the-music-makers/

So, AIUI, you could singHappyBirthdayat aKKKrally, Warner
Chappell would be paid through ASCAP/BMI, and everything would be
hunky dory?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? "Look at it from the rights owners
viewpoint".??? I sincerely hope that some sort of veto provision is
retained by the writer.

That was a hypothetical example. This isn't.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4687730/Dame-Vera-Lynn-takes-on-BNP-over-White-Cliffs-of-Dover.html

Just in case anyone thought that IP laws protected artistic
integrity....

Here's the thing. She didn't write the song, so she owns no rights with
respect to mechanical licensing . And it's not clear from the article
whether she owns the performance rights. If she did, she'd have
standing to sue (at least in the US; I don't know how UK laws differ).


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