Does anyone have any idea what percentage of commercially-produced 78's are now in the PD? When, for instance, CBS/Sony re-issues Duke Ellington 78's as multi-CD collections, are those now re-copyrighted for 50+ years? And what about that guy Joe Buzzard down in Maryland -- is he just flying under the radar or is it perfectly legit for him to reissue all of his obscure blues, country and bluegrass 78's? He comes off as a somewhat goofy collector, but I get the sense he's a very shrewd business man too, and I wouldn't be surprised if his venture is pretty profitable even though it seems labor-intensive. I've read several interviews with him, but he never squarely addresses the copyright issue except to say he's never been pursued or prosecuted.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Miller" <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Curatorial Responsibility, formerly Copyright of treasures
> On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Richard L. Hess wrote: > > > What about the sell-off and destruction of many of the runs of old > > newspapers that Nicholson Baker documents in "Double Fold"? Including > > a set of a major NY Newspaper that had been presented by the publisher. > > And, what really gets my goat...here, instead of having a record sale, I > was forced into selling off duplicate 78s in a single lot. Not all of it > was great, but some of the items were of value. About 5,000 discs sold for > $10. I just don't understand the thinking. > > Karl