Re: Needletime / Pay for Play

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Jeroen Hellingman <jehe[_at_]kabelfoon.nl> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Paul Geller <pgeller[_at_]law.usc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Beethoven cannot assert his rights any more,
>
> [snip]
> Beethoven has no rights anymore,
> [snip]
> a web site of an English rights organisation, listing addresses of
> heirs of authors that have been dead over a hundred years, so they
> could be asked for permissions.

Indeed! Beethoven could not assert his rights the moment he died. In France, moral rights are "perpetual" -- in theory, if not practice. And the English have "Peter Pan" ...

Paul Geller
<pgeller[_at_]law.usc.edu> Received on Thu Jul 29 1999 - 17:07:28 GMT