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Thread #115579 Message #2482549
Posted By: GUEST,blue_jeans
02-Nov-08 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: Hank Williams lost tapes
Subject: RE: Hank Williams lost tapes
Are his songs from the 40s and early 50s now considered public domain,
even though we still credit him as the composer? Or is there some sort
of loop-hole to that rule?
I knew that the original copyright holder of a song has royalties
collected by their estate until the following New Years Day 50 years
after their passing (in North America), but since they are trying to
push it to 70 years so that Mickey Mouse can stay in copyright longer.
Are they doing something similar with Hanks music?