The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #44549   Message #656768
Posted By: M.Ted
24-Feb-02 - 10:12 AM
Thread Name: Scott Joplin and Treemonisha
Subject: RE: Scott Joplin and Treemonisha
"Someday" may be later than sooner, at least unless the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension is thrown out in court--What really puzzles me is why, assuming that profit is a motive, the holders of the rights are not eager to let anyone that wants to record or perform the piece--actually--sad to say, there are many things that no one has access to because the rights are tied up as part of some other legal issues--we could start a thread on musical instrument related patents that are tied up this way, and probably many other things as well--