[78-L] K-Tel?

[Kristjan Saag]

Yes, and in that case it's the original owner of the mechanical rights 
who sues, isn't it? On behalf of the artists and themselves. But I'd be 
delighted to hear that restoration work has found copyright protection 
also. As far as I know it hasn't.
Kristjan


On 2017-11-25 23:11, David Lennick wrote:
> Transfers aside, it appears more as if whoever's using this K-Tel name 
> has stolen an entire CD, title and contents and all. dl On 11/25/2017 
> 5:03 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> Don't know about K-tel (although it seems the company still pretends 
>> existence by having a semi-active Facebook-flow as well as a 
>> Twitter-account). The Emerald banner seems only to be used on the 
>> "cover" - and is really strange; most of this Irish label's output 
>> was and is Irish music, and there's seemingly no connection between 
>> the Irish label and the now defunct K-tel Ireland. But how could you 
>> sue anyone for having used your transfers? As I recall this 
>> copyright question was discussed here a few years ago and the 
>> conclusion was: unfortunately there exists no copyright on this type 
>> of creative work. And wasn't there a legal case with Naxos involved? 
>> Naxos claiming rights to technical work they had done with some 
>> recordings, but losing the case. Kristjan On 2017-11-25 17:13, David 
>> Lennick wrote:
>>> Does anyone know of the K-Tel label being revived in recent years? I 
>>> ran across a CD compilation I did for Living Era ten years ago 
>>> called Beat the Band to the Bar, apparently available under the 
>>> K-Tel and Emerald banners. The original label manager knows nothing 
>>> about this or whether Universal Music Group might have sanctioned 
>>> the release (they took over Living Era but deleted everything and 
>>> showed no interest in continuing it because of possible legal 
>>> problems). I'd like to know if this is legit or if I should start 
>>> suing somebody. 
>>> https://www.google.ca/search?q=K-tel+beat+the+band+to+the+bar&biw=1024&bih=658&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=WBQOxffmzfNtxM%253A%252Cvk-F_TEDmWiS2M%252C_&usg=__2gmV6hXI8lMFo0xFS-MVAn6jXQw%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiK04fNg9nXAhUl04MKHVXUAEUQ9QEINTAE#imgrc=WBQOxffmzfNtxM: 
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