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Thread #117038   Message #2518256
Posted By: GUEST,Tom Bliss
17-Dec-08 - 04:31 PM
Thread Name: Tunes - their place in the tradition
Subject: RE: Tunes - their place in the tradition
"move into public ownership" means to move out of copyright, 70 years (in Britain) after the composer/author's death.

In Uk law, Anon = Traditional = Out of Copyright = in Public Ownership.

Tom