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From: jlh@noether.math.purdue.edu (Jeffrey Hensley)
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Subject: Copyrights on music
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Date: 7 Aug 90 15:57:01 GMT
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	Since there has been a lot of talk lately about
copyrights and patents and such, I was wondering if one of you
in the know could tell me how to obtain information on copyrights
and royalties for music.
	I want to add a soundtrack to some Amiga animations, but
I don't want to get myself into legal trouble and produce something
which can't be legally distributed.
	My inclination is to dig into my record collection and pull
out some classic work and use it.  But am I safe?  How do I find out
if a record (an old one) has an enforcable copyright, or who do I
contact about royalty fees? (I have noticed that many of my records,
at least the old ones with serious music, have no copyright notices
on them).

	Curiously,
	Jeff