Well, George, wouldn't they have had to buy the rights from L. M. Montgomery's heirs, who I believe still own and exercise such control?

I don't see anything in the program to support the theory that it's an exercise in creeping government...really, there is plenty of material for the stated participants "musicians, archivists, folklorists, and ethnomusicologists" to chew over.

Like many of us, I've been faced with the very questions this seminar is about...I've had a chunk of repertoire over the years that is known to have originated in Newfoundland, probably in the first half of the twentieth century, and is not really anonymous, but it beats the hell out of me who the writers are, whether this song or that is copyrighted, where the rights reside, whether there are ethical considerations transcending strict legal rights, and so on.

W-O