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Re: [ARSCLIST] Vinegar syndrome audio tapes [ARSCLIST] Memorex CDs and more
On 21/01/06, Tom Fine wrote:
> PS -- I believe there are more shaded issues for things like airchecks
> of broadcasts over public radio stations of municipal orchestras
> (remember such a beast?). Every step of that process was
> publicly-financed so I would argue there is no private copyright to be
> enforced except composer royalties. This example, however, is very
> rare. The simple fact is that most great recordings cost money and
> were privately financed and thus the composer and financier (record
> company) is entitled to copyright protection of their private
> property.
Yes, but for how long?
Fifty years from the recording date seems plenty to me. Nobody who was
working for the record company or playing in the orchestra will be still
there after 50 years.
Why should the kids who run Sony-BMG now be receiving money from the
work of the Elvis Presley generation?
Regards
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Don Cox
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