Date:         Fri, 7 Oct 2005 22:24:12 -0400
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From:         Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Carnegie Hall 1957, was 78's and PD,
              was Curatorial Responsibility, formerly Copyright of treasures
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Do you know this for a fact? Anyone interested in the facts on this should
contact Michael Cuscuna at Mosaic Records, who was the producer for Blue
Note, and ask him about this. Also, Blue Note has extensive press materials
available online, includng a little video documentary.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sam Brylawski" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Carnegie Hall 1957, was 78's and PD, was Curatorial
Responsibility, formerly Copyright of treasures


> LC has less latitude than anyone to reissue materials w/o full
> authorizations as the US Copyright Office operates under the same
> roof.
>
> Blue Note secured rights from the estates of the artists and went to town!
>
> Sam
>
> On 10/7/05, Russ Hamm <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I'm not certain of this, but I have heard that the Library of Congress,
> > being a governmental agency, has more latitude when it comes to
publishing
> > and making accessible to the public materials like this - "treasures"
that
> > may be orphan works, or otherwise outside the standard contract-based
> > copyright world. Am I wrong? If I am right, maybe the LOC should be the
> > proper venue to publish such treasures that would create legal
difficulties
> > for other private organizations or individuals.
> >
> > Russ Hamm
> >
> > <><><><><><>
> >
> > At 01:22 PM 10/7/2005, you wrote:
> > >Not sure which category this fits in, but just announced today is this
> > >from NPR:
> > >http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4946796
> > >
> > >If you don't want to go to the link, this is a jazz concert recorded in
> > >1957 by Voice of America but never broadcast. Now it is for sale! One
must
> > >wonder about the legal issues behind it all - and if anyone has any
inside
> > >info on this it would be extremely interesting and cogent to the recent
> > >discussions...
> > >
> > >Lou
> > >
> > >Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
> > >415-883-2689
> > >
> >
> > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> >
> > Russ Hamm
> > Ed Tech Specialist
> > National School District (http://nsd.us)
> > San Diego County, California
> > tel. (619) 336-7752
> > FAX (619) 336-7551
> >
>