Home Jazz Alley

From Louis Armstrong to Charlie Parker to the new greats of today, this is the place for Jazz!

RE: Those European box collections

European copyright law provides for much shorter copyright times than does US law. Thus, a European company issuing USA created material in Europe is strictly within the bounds of European law.

My problem with the Europeans is that they will use USA made and licensed box sets from which to issue their own box sets. This happens to Mosaic all the time. Mosaic puts in the time and effort and pays the fees, and then gets ripped off by the Europeans. Note that Bear Family licences ALL their material from USA copyright holders.

USA copyright holders don't seem to care that European made box sets get imported to USA. Maybe the USA copyright holders should work to prevent these "pirated" works from entering USA.

I've never felt USA copyright protections should extend beyond about 25 years or the life of the artist, whichever comes first. If you can't make your money in 25 years, well maybe your "art" is not so very good.

Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone


This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Kimber Kable  


Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups

FAQ

Post a Message!

Forgot Password?
Moniker (Username):
Password (Optional):
  Remember my Moniker & Password  (What's this?)    Eat Me
E-Mail (Optional):
Subject:
Message:   (Posts are subject to Content Rules)
Optional Link URL:
Optional Link Title:
Optional Image URL:
Upload Image:
E-mail Replies:  Automagically notify you when someone responds.