.........ONLY interested in the Topic: "recording copyrights" ............. (for example can i sample recorded music recorded before 1922 and existing in fixed form on 78rpm records...)
thanks...
2006-12-27 17:22:47 · 5 answers · asked by art 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I believe this is what you are looking for
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.html
2006-12-27 17:26:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Copyrights had expiry dates particularly with recordings wherein it becomes public after a long period of time due to usage. Thus, a recording made in 1922 is already public property and anybody can already use it for personal purposes.
2006-12-27 17:36:11 · answer #2 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have been initially valid till 50 years after the loss of life of the copyright proprietor, i think of it ought to have been moved out till seventy 5 years, yet what we are finding is that cloth produced in the early 1900s, even early cartoons and videos, human beings (families or firms) nonetheless choose for to maintain the copyright, yet those works are entering into the universal public area (which means, unfastened for all to apply). on condition that firms now own copyrights, they try to pass those issues into perpetuity, yet as of yet, it is not finished. as an occasion, think of whilst Elvis's copyrights expire and pass to the universal public area.
2016-10-06 02:44:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do in a time frame somewhere from I think 50 - 75 years after death of songwriter, artist and/or whoever owns the rights.
2006-12-27 17:25:42 · answer #4 · answered by MrCool1978 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's 50 years. Heard something about Paul McCartney trying to get it extended beyond that, because he doesn't want Beatles tunes being used commercially for free.
2006-12-27 23:53:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋