Word: copyrighted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week the original copyright expired and, according to law, the authors (if living) could renew it. Secunda, 66, now writes liturgical music, and in summer is music director of a resort hotel in the Catskills. Jacobs runs a Yiddish vaudeville house in Miami Beach. Secunda has signed a new contract with Harms, Inc., music publishers, and the partners are assured that Bei Mir Bist Du Schön is still worth at least $5,000 yearly. They shrug off the $350,000 they might have had. Says Secunda: "Mother was convinced that the big day would come...
...Book-pirating is neither new nor illegal to the Chinese, who subscribe to none of the international copyright conventions. It began decades ago on the mainland, produced chiefly textbooks which even today make up 80% of the volume and give the printers a patriotic rationale for their actions. Said one of Formosa's major printers last week: "Our motive is not to make money, but to provide schools here with better textbooks...
...beginning Knox assumed that he was to redo the entire Bible. This led to misunderstandings with the hierarchy, further aggravated by traditionalist opposition to the translation as it progressed. In return for a modest stipend for living expenses while he was working on the translation, Knox signed over his copyright to the hierarchy. At the time of his death, ?50,000 had been realized from sales of the Knox Bible. The monsignor once remarked "drily but without bitterness" to Waugh that no one had ever uttered a word of thanks to him for this benefaction...