Re: [microsound] bugs life

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for a good example of what can be done with the sounds from a bugs life,
check out the matthew herbert track "hollywood" (available at
www.themechanicsofdestruction.org )

then get the rest of his discog and listen to all of that too, just because
he's amazing :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Goth [XaOs]" <xaos@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'microsound'" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 1:56 AM
Subject: RE: [microsound] bugs life

> > The copyright on all the old disney characters where coming
> > up so that they
> > would become public domain.  I'm not sure how many years it takes but
> > eventually a copyright will expire.  Apparently the laws were
> > changed for
> > disney so that they could renew the copyright.
>
> And they didn't do it for just themselves.
>
> The 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) extended
> copyright for 70 years after the death of the author. The first Mickey
> Mouse cartoon was set to enter the public domain in 2003, and other
> Disney characters soon after. In essense, nothing made since around 1920
> or so (I forget the specific year, unfortunately) will enter the public
> domain. Also since congress keeps extending copyright, they are
> effectively extending copyright perpetually.
>
> The supreme court upheld the law against a challenge.
> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvreno/
>
> Ironic, considering the amount of money Disney has made off other public
> domain works...
>
>
>
>
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