Re: [ARSCLIST] National Recording Registry

[stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

----- Original Message -----
From: "James L Wolf" <jwol@xxxxxxx>
>    What will NOT happen is the posting of these recordings (beyond a 30
> second fragment, if that) on the internet or any other kind of
> unlicensed sharing or dissemination. The Library may preserve any
> recordings it wishes to under fair use laws, but it may not distribute
> them.  As has been stated before, all recordings appear to be under some
> sort of copyright unless proven otherwise. It's possible that 1 or 2 on
> the list are actually in the public domain, but that will have to be
> shown.
I'm not sure what has happened to copyright terms under the new "Mickey
Mouse Act"...and I know that the term of recording copyright (as opposed to
those of the composers/publishers of the songs involved, who fall under
compulsory license) is in question anyway, since recordings weren't
copyrighted (or copyrightable) as such under US law before 1972...but
up here in Canada anything recorded through December 31, 1952 is
now public domain as far as re-use. This would make much of the list
eligible for international reissue...
...
Steven C. Barr