Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!ark From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.misc,net.music Subject: PBS anecdote Message-ID: <3187@alice.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 14:47:52 EST Article-I.D.: alice.3187 Posted: Fri Dec 21 14:47:52 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Dec-84 02:28:57 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 8 Xref: watmath net.flame:7338 net.misc:7165 net.music:5507 A friend of mine told me that a friend of his, who is a composer, had a work of his used by PBS as background music without his permission. When he complained, he was told that PBS was exempt from the copyright laws, and that they could use anyone's music without permission. This story, if true, is ablutely infuriating. Can anyone else corroborate or contradict it?