Talk:Folk dance
From Academic Kids
They were originally danced in the 19th century or earlier (in any case, before January 1, 1923),
- Eh? --Brion VIBBER
- Notated choreography can be copyrighted. Any dance that was created and described before 1923 is in the public domain, and the public domain pretty much meshes with the average person's concept of "traditional".
Don't you mean any dance whose author *died* before *1933*? That's how I interpret the Wikipedia article on the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
-Alex Clark
Don't forget the "prior art" priniciple. If anyone puts down steps of Salsa, it will not mean he will own it.
mikkalai 17 Nov 2003
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Scottish highland dancing
Scottish highland dancing (also called Scottish sword dancing) is as different from Scottish Country dancing as Morris dancing is from English Country dancing. Does anyone agree there should be a mention of it?
