[78-L] Possible warning...?!

[Michael Biel]

From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> The late "Sonny" Bono gave us the "Digital Millennium Copyright Act"

You keep saying this but it is not true.  Sonny had NOTHING to do with
the DMCA.   

> ...which placed ALL sound recordings ever made under "protection" until
> January 1, 2067 (53.something years from now...!).

And that is not true either because the DMCA had noting to do with the
time length, only added some rules when digital processing or recording
enters the act.  The DMCA does not touch your precious 78s until you
digitalize them.  Leave them in analog, and the DMCA has no effect
whatsoever.

What MARY Bono did was the "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act"
which extended ALL copyrights -- even for BOOKS -- an extra 20 years. 
It was not exclusively aimed at sound recordings.  

Please, please, try to get these things straight in your mind.  If you
are going to mouth off again on something you have discussed MANY times
already, at least get SOME of your facts straight.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com