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[David-Michel Davies <dmd AT well.com>]

Thanks so much for your response, James, and for the link to the 
creative-friends list.

-dmd
At 9:26 +0000 3/02/05, James Davis wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, David-Michel Davies wrote:
>
> >  There was a lot of press last year about how certain popular oldies
> >  (Elvis songs, for instance) were going to become part of the public
> >  domain on Jan 1, 2005, but that many rightsholders were intiating
> >  challenges. What came of this? Did the works become part of the
> >  Public Domain or did the copyholders win some sort of stay?
>
> The copyright over recordings (which was the issue raised by Elvis songs)
> is fifty years. Elvis's recordings are starting to fall into the public
> domain. The first, "That's Alright", fell into the public domain in the UK
> on the 1st of January. No stay has yet been won.
>
> More has been discussed on the upd-discuss and creative-friends lists
> hosted at:
> http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo
>
> James