[78-L] more on the 8000 AFRS ETs discovered recently

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Sat Feb 19 19:27:49 PST 2011


From: <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
> I've read that in the past the AFRS itself has had someone searching for 
> ETs listed and contacted ebay about the auction. Don't know how it is 
> now, but this is not anything new.
> 
> Yall understood that my comment was meant sarcastically, right?
> 
The idea was that AFRS recordings (like V-Discs in earlier decades)
were issued on a performer-royalty-free basis; therefore, ANY
attempt to reissue them is inherently illegal! This makes the reissue
(and, technically, the possession) of such recordings TOTALLY
illegal...!

Steven C. Barr


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