What do you do about "BAD" regulars?

[George]

Lauraine,
I guessed I missed something along the way. Didn't realize there was any controversy or I was coming across upset, just laconic. Nothing there to be upset about, simply told Steve "you want it you ask." Most certainly no apologies from you are in order.

I personally don't believe it will hunt with Dave anyway. I'm just speculating, but I'd venture a guess that unless he saw proof positive that none of the material sent in is outside of public domain(and since the 1976* copywrite law revisions, many old standards fell out of public domain back into THEIR clutches) he will not put MTU at risk as a file swapping center. Just purely my own opinion, and will wipe the egg off my face(again) if wrong.

I didn't express these thoughts initially, as I didn't want to appear as though I was trying to shoot the idea down, or sound like a "know it all". It very well may get off the ground, so Steve, ask the man what he thinks about it. If he consents, then as Lauraine pointed out see if there's sufficient interest to go ahead with it. That would be the time to post the idea as a separate thread to command more attention.

Take care,

George

*Prior to the revision of the U.S. Copyright Law in 1976, music copyrights were granted for a period of 18 years, and could be renewed for another 18 years, a total protected period of 36 years. Therefore, as of 1977, any songs copyrighted in 1938 or prior entered Public Domain. From 1938, you can extend those 36 years to songs that were copyrighted up until 1976.

At that point, the change in the Copyright Law offered protection for the lifetime of the author plus 75 years. If there were collaborators (and thus co-copyright owners) the protection applied for lifetime plus 75 years of the last surviving co-copyright owner.
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