Statute of Limitations

[firestarter]

Dave has not been in Vh for 20 years now. A lot of bands have reunited,but would twenty years be a record for a band to reunite?
Is it possible for band to get back after all those years? That would be real tough!!
Kiss officially broke up in 1982 and resurfaced in 1995 13 years later.
The Eagles I believe have the record 14 years apart ?

20 YEARS FOR VH IS WAY TOO LONG,BY THE TIME A CD, A TOUR AND
REHEARSAL AND ALL THE LEGAL BULLSHIT IS DONE IT WOULD BE 22 YEARS LATER...A LONGSHOT BY FAR!!

[Matt White]

Re: Statute of Limitations

Originally posted by firestarter
Dave has not been in Vh for 20 years now. A lot of bands have reunited,but would twenty years be a record for a band to reunite?
Is it possible for band to get back after all those years? That would be real tough!!
Kiss officially broke up in 1982 and resurfaced in 1995 13 years later.
The Eagles I believe have the record 14 years apart ?

20 YEARS FOR VH IS WAY TOO LONG,BY THE TIME A CD, A TOUR AND
REHEARSAL AND ALL THE LEGAL BULLSHIT IS DONE IT WOULD BE 22 YEARS LATER...A LONGSHOT BY FAR!!

EASY Solution....When they DO reunited, don't bother showing up at the gig or buying the cd.
Nobody has a gun to your head.
WHY ASK WHY?!?
Haven't we been down this road before?????

[franksters]

kiss never broke up they did a huge tour after they broke up!

rio 83 300 000 people

and I think I saw them twice after that!

[blonddgirl777]

Frankster,

Congrats on being a Comando...
Where is your new Avatar???

[GAR]

actually a Statute of Limitations DOES exist, but for THE FUCKING COPYWRITES for the original Van Halen 1~!!

After 28 years, the Copywrite rights return to the original authors, which used to be listed as Dave Ed Mike and Al.

[GAR]

Copyrights were good for 28 years renewable for 28. The law has been changed to extend the renewal period to a total of 95 years.

US Copyright Law and what is considered Public Domain...

Works first published before January 1, 1978 usually enter the public domain 75 years from the date copyright was first secured, which is usually 75 years from the date of first publication.
Works first created on or after January 1, 1978 enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the author if the author is a natural person. (Nothing will enter the public domain under this rule until at least January 1, 2023.)
Works first created on or after January 1, 1978 which are created by a corporate author enter the public domain 75 years after publication or 100 years after creation whichever occurs first. (Nothing will enter the public domain under this rule until at least January 1, 2053.)
Works created before January 1, 1978 but not published before that date are copyrighted under rules 2 and 3 above, except that in no case will the copyright on a work not published prior to January 1, 1978 expire before December 31, 2002. (This rule copyrights a lot of manuscripts that would otherwise be thought of as public domain because of their age.)
If a substantial number of copies were printed and distributed in the U.S. without a copyright notice prior to March 1, 1989, the work is in the public domain in the U.S. If published after that date they are considered copyright regardless of whether or not they carry a copyright notice.
Under the 1909 Copyright Act, the original term lasted for 28 years (not 26). It was renewable for an extra 28 years for a total of 56 years. In the mid 1950's Congress started working on a major revision of the copyright act, but by 1960 it was clear that this would not be a short process. By 1962 it was clear that the new act would grant existing works a total term of 75 years. To prevent these works from losing out on the 75 year extension while Congress worked out all the other details of the new act, Congress started passing extension acts in 1962. They passed these acts from 1962 to 1976 with the result that all copyrights in existence in 1962 were extended to at least 1976 when the 75 year rule kicked in. So works published between 1917 and 1939 are not in the public domain yet.
A few public speeches are not copyrighted because they are not fixed in any tangible medium of expression. But if the speaker writes the speech down or authorizes it to be recorded or has someone record it at the time the speech is given, then it is fixed in a tangible medium of expression and it is copyrighted. (This is also why associations which wish to tape conference presentations have to have copyright clearance from the speakers.)
Caveat: Every time a substantially new edition is created, especially if it is a new translation or done by a new editor, a new work is created, so you count from the creation of that edition, not from the creation of the original.