Re: [OT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-06-10 08:21, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
>
> > On 2018-06-10 07:59, shane wrote:
> > > I suppose wether or not ismlp has it depends on if you are Canadian
>
> > The Berne Convention officially sets international copyright duration 
> > to life of the author plus 50 years, but nearly all countries have 
> > extended that to "life plus 70".
>
> On this list
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_lengths#Table_of_copyright_durations_by_country>,
> the number of countries that are "life+50" is well over fifty, maybe
> close to a hundred (I stopped counting!). Add to that all the
> countries that are listed simply as "Berne" — which currently is
> "life+50" — and I'm not sure "nearly all countries" is an accurate
> assessment of the situation.

I just did a quick web search and found 
https://www.rightsdirect.com/international-copyright-basics/, but of 
course neither that site nor Wikipedia would be considered a valid 
source for legal information or advice.  Suffice to say, international 
copyright law is an already messy world, further muddled by too many 
greedy corporations.  That said, I respect the rights of all artists and 
feel no desire to infringe copyrights in an attempt to thumb my nose at 
lawmakers or the aforementioned corporations.  If the extra twenty years 
mattered that much, I would move country.  Then again, at the rate 
things are going, I might be jumping ship for other reasons.  But as I 
already have a nasty headache at this point, I can only hope that we 
switch the conversation to something more pleasant.  :)

-- Aaron Hill