[Pdr] Bessie Smith is in the Public Domain (I think)

[Adam Green]

Great. we got quite a comprehensive answer there from Peter. I'll look into
what he said, but wondering whether this is simpler in EU law (its ok to
feature on PDR if it is, but not in US). I can perhaps also just check
which songs were defo written by her (or others who ?thank god? died early
:-/)

On 26 March 2013 11:18, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:

> Pinged the list.
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
>
>
> On 25 March 2013 17:52, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Love Bessie and can't wait until more music from 20-50s starts coming
>> into PD.
>>
>> Would be great to confirm whether or not she is in PD in Europe/US. Have
>> a feeling that this may be complicated. Perhaps one for the pd-discuss list?
>>
>> Give me a pigfoot.
>>
>>
>> On 25 March 2013 06:08, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Some very naughty and very beautiful songs there.
>>>
>>> S
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25 March 2013 13:06, Adam Green <adam.green at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cool, thanks Sam I will check it out!
>>>>
>>>> On 24 March 2013 23:29, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> http://archive.org/details/BessieSmithMp3AudioSongs
>>>>>
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