[78-L] Joe Meek, Bad Penny Blues and Boo Woo

[Michael Biel]

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> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>   
>> Wonder who they steal them from? Probably the German group that steals 
>> from Proper which steals from Classic which steals from everybody else....
>>
>>     
> Well, given that much of Europe (and Canada) still have a 50-year (or so)
> copyright term for sound recordings...much/most of this theft would be
> (1) probably legal, and (2) VERY hard to prove were it not...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr 
The American labels would say -- and HAVE said -- that the initial CD 
reissues were also thefts!  But under the 50 year laws outside the U.S. 
that Steve mentions, we know that they are not.  But the reputable 
companies like those dl works/worked for only use original copies and do 
not steal off of legit reissues is the reissues are less than 50 years 
old. There often ARE ways to identify when your restoration has been 
used by someone else, but not always.  The question really is does the 
restoration have its own 50 year copyright.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com