Re: [ARSCLIST] Brunswick Records rights/Universal

[Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is at least one more CLIR report in work that affects this issue, that 
relating to broadcasts and other audio sources than the commercial ones.

There is also the push in other copyright fields relating to orphan works.

Things are happening, albeit slowly, to more fully inform those considering 
future copyright legislation.  Hang in there.

Steve Smolian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James L Wolf" <jwol@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Brunswick Records rights/Universal


Looks like Universal is going to focus on LP-era material. That's fine, and 
I hope they do a good job with these things and make them available at 
at-least CD quality. But the fact that they're not touching the 78-era 
material is telling. It helps make the case that the vast majority of this 
material has NO commercial viability now or in the forseable future. Plus 
the digitizing costs must be much higher.

Is there any progress in the general drive to make earlier sound-recording 
rights similar to other contemporaneous material (i.e. pre-23 PD, post 22 
into PD starting 2018)? With all this data about unavailability, and now 
this first seeming corporate reaction, such a schema should be an acceptable 
compromise to all parties.

Hope springs eternal.

James


PS
All opinions mine. Nothing to do with LOC. Etc.

> > > seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/22/06 1:04 AM >>>
Speaking of Universal, they've been in the press this past week for
unveiling plans to digitize 100,000 recordings in their archives.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/82380/universal-unveils-digital-archeology-scheme.html

David Seubert
UCSB

David Lennick wrote:

> Chad Hunter wrote:
>
>
>
> > Anyone know who holds the rights to the Brunswick Records catalogue
> > (U.S.) - specifically, their Buell Kazee recordings from the late
> > 1920s?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Chad Hunter
> > Archivist, Appalshop
> > chunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Universal. Good luck getting a response from anyone there, from the tales 
> I've
> heard.
>
> dl


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