SourceSlashdot wrote:When copyright law was revised in the mid-1970s, musicians, like creators of other works of art, were granted 'termination rights,' which allow them to regain control of their work after 35 years, so long as they apply at least two years in advance. Recordings from 1978 are the first to fall under the purview of the law, but in a matter of months, hits from 1979, like 'The Long Run' by the Eagles and 'Bad Girls' by Donna Summer, will be in the same situation. ... 'We believe the termination right doesn’t apply to most sound recordings,' said Steven Marks, general counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America, a lobbying group in Washington that represents the interests of record labels. As the record companies see it, the master recordings belong to them in perpetuity, rather than to the artists who wrote and recorded the songs, because, the labels argue, the records are 'works for hire,' compilations created not by independent performers but by musicians who are, in essence, their employees.
Music copyright war looming
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Re: Music copyright war looming
This is going to be very interesting. So, flaunting the law... Another interesting fact would be.... whose copy right laws where those? US, England? Oz?
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If I was a song writer I would be very upset at record labels claiming my work. I suppose that if an artist was contracted to write / create an album, then it is different. As I understand it, they do the writing and then approach a label to produce it. Contract lawyers are going to make a fortune