Re: [ARSCLIST] 78's and PD, was Curatorial Responsibility, formerly Copyright of treasures

["Prentice, Will" <Will.Prentice@xxxxx>]

Mike Richter wrote:

"in Europe if 
one takes a recording of a PD work from a recent LP or a current CD, it 
is still PD"

Maybe 9 months ago or so I was told by someone who's job it is to know,
that this was a widely acknowledged grey area in EU law. Up to that
point at least, this assumption had never been tested in a court of law.
Some assume such a recording is PD, others that it's copyright of the
re-issuer.

Will 


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