[78-L] K-Tel?

[David Lennick]

Living Era paid for the mechanicals and the sound recordings were PD in all 
countries but the US. Just curious....I mentioned suing only as a scare tactic 
(I got no legal dog in this race but UMG might).


dl



On 11/25/2017 5:29 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> 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?Ă‚ 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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