Word: copyright
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Reprinted by permission of the copyright owners, Harms...
...little steamer brought him into New York Harbor one July day in 1879, Richard D'Oyly Carte nervously paced the narrow deck with many a grave misgiving. H. M. S. Pinafore, of which he was impresario, was being widely pirated in the U. S. Without recourse to any international copyright law, he was determined to give Manhattan a production of H. M. S. Pinafore which would rout his unscrupulous competitors. Then he was to plunge into rehearsals for the premiere of The Pirates of Penzance, whose production was impeded at the start by the absentmindedness of pious Arthur Sullivan...
...American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has copyright control over the public performance of practically every U. S. song from "I Love You Truly" to "Fun to Be Fooled." Because of that control, the most potent organization for the protection of the legal rights of Tin Pan Alley last week found itself the defendant in the most serious suit in its court-studded career. The plaintiff : the U. S. Government. The charge: violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust...
...Buck, who collaborated on 20 Ziegfeld Follies. Under George Maxwell, its first president, and now under Gene Buck, A. S. C. A. & P. has prospered mightily. It has brought and won more than 1,000 suits against cinema houses, theatres, hotels and restaurants which used songs without paying the copyright fees. Today it represents 850 composers, 760 writers, go publishers?the best musicmakers in the land. It issues annual licenses to places where music by A. S. C. A. & P. members is likely to be played and collects royalties: $60-$360 from night clubs; $80-$360 from hotels; 10?...
...effect, a pool of copyrights. Since no individual composer could be expected to travel all over the nation listening for infringements of his copyrights, A. S. C. A. & P. does it for him, collects all monies due into its own coffers. Four times a year this money is distributed on a percentage basis to the society's members. Members are rated according to the length of their membership, the popularity of their songs, their prestige. Irving Berlin ("Easter Parade"), Carrie Jacobs-Bond ("A Perfect Day"), George Gershwin ("Rhapsody in Blue"), Jerome Kern ("OP Man River"), the estate of Victor Herbert...