Google "Public Domain" and you will see that it is not synonymous with
"Public Access".

DDR

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 8:23 AM, CJB <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Erm - if the public can buy it then surely it IS in the public
> domain?!!!! Surely 'public domain' is anything that the ;public has
> access to incl. 'paid for' as opposed to being locked up in some vault
> or private collection inaccessible to anyone? And it might have been
> released 7 years ago but the Beeb on BBC 4 recently featured it in an
> excellent programme on the history of Funk. CJB
>
>
> On 08/12/2014, Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > From: CJB <[log in to unmask]>
> >> This remarkable project just proves that there are still recordings
> >> out there worth preserving and releasing into the public domain.
> >> http://woodyguthrie.org/livewirepressrelease.htm
> >
> > Of course this recording was issued to the public seven years ago.  But
> > it was NOT released into the public domain.  It is fully copyrighted.
> >
> > Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]
> >
>



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