[78-L] Billboard charts

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Of course as far as the majors are concerned, ALL of these are stolen
> property, even those of the ones mastered off of 78s.  
> 
In the US Of A, they are OF COURSE "stolen property"...NO sound
recording will become "public domain" until 1/1/2067 (unless they amend
the law to move the date even FURTHER forward...?!)

In Canada and most of the rest of the world anything recorded prior to
1/1/1958 is P.D., which means the "theft victims"would have to prove
that Membran had used specifically THEIR transfers, and the courts
would have to decide if copying someone else's re-recording of a p.d.
recording violates copyright...!

...stevenc