Re: [ARSCLIST] Brunswick Records rights/Universal

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "James L Wolf" <jwol@xxxxxxx>
> Then of course there's the question: If Archeophone is legal to operate in
Illinois, are the CDs still legal to sell in NY? I think NY would have to
decide this, since all pre-72 recording are not under federal jurisdiction.
I'm no lawyer, but I'm guessing the whole interstate commerce issue wouldn't
apply here unless the state of Illinois decided to sue the state of NY over
Archeophone (or vice versa), which seems unlikely.
>
Only they ARE under Federal jurisdiction...that was the whole point of
the DMCA (or its predecessor) which specifically voided the maze of
state laws and replaced them with the 2047/2067 expiry date. Prior to
that, I assume each state had laws (I think Vermont didn't) regarding
making copies of "phonograph records" so that what was legal in one
state suddenly became "Disco non grata" when you crossed the wrong
state line...

Steven C. Barr
(who is waiting with bated breath for someone from either Victor or
Columbia to rush in and grab their early records back, since I
violated the terms of the lease by buying them second-hand...)