It seems to me that all of the reports produced by the Library of Congress'
National Recording Preservation Board have a major gap in their research.
Non of them seem to address how copyright law treats non-comercial
recordings. Some of these reports look at specific instances, such as
recordings of non-commercial radio stations, but they fall way short of
comprehensively treating the issue. Do any of you know much about this
subject?

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Phil Nohl <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Thanks to all who have so far responded to my email.
>
> The following links have been forwarded to me.
>
> http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub144abst.html
>
> http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
>
> The report commissioned for and sponsored by The National Recording
> Preservation Board on Pre-1972 Copyrights is fascinating, though much still
> remains confusing to me. With amateur recordings, there are often no
> "recorded on" dates written on a label (and many times not even a full
> name). All that remains is the recording itself.
>
> Phil Nohl
>