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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Legal Eagle	Are words and music separate? (4)	Are words and music separate?	19 Jun 99
A US lawyer Michael Sukin is lobbying for Europe and England to treat songs as joint works between composer and lyricist, rather than words (literary work, for copyright) and music (musical work, for copyright). This effectively extends the duration of copyright in BOTH words and music to 70 years after the death of the last to die of the lyricist and the composer(much to the benefit of the current owners, Warner Chappell, of the rights of the late Gershwin brothers) but would surely create problems if words are given new tunes or vice versa, particularly since in England the permission of both joint owners of copyright is necessary, unlike the USA where the permission of only one will suffice. Thoughts?

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