When does the music of George Gershwin go out of copyright?
When Gershwin and the rest from this era were writing their music, the copyright term was a maximum of 56 years.And a a USA nationwide license for a single Gershwin song has gone from $45,000 15 years a go to a staggering $250,000 at today’s prices. And with a back catalog of over 500 songs that is a lot of income each year for the Gershwin heirs .
