There is a patent on EMI sleeves from the 50s,and 60s,too !As well those from Capitol,RCA,and assorted US labels. Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: That the plastic-inside-paper LP sleeves used by London/Decca and others in the 1970's and 1980's is patented? See UK #1072844. Hmm, does that mean that all the generic plastic-in-paper sleeves have to pay a royalty? I found this out because I noticed a patent number on a London sleeve from 1979 and I thought it was something to do with their FFRR process. Looked up the number at the UK patent office and, nope, it's just the inner sleeve. -- Tom Fine --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.