Steven C. Barr(x) wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bertram Lyons" <[log in to unmask]> >> Does the fact that this is a home video alter the issues of copyright? If he > were to do the same thing (i.e. digitize his 78 collection) and publish it > online as an audio database with full sound files (instead of home video), would > he be under any sort of copyright violation with the particular labels and > songwriters associated with said recordings? > If he happened to be based in Canada, Europe, the British Commonwealth (and > I suspect most other lands)...and was either using his own web site or one > operated from the same countries...the only material that would violate > copyright is material recorded before either 1/1/57 or 2/3/57 (laws vary > there). However, he would still have to pay publisher royalties, and quite > possibly fees to his country's performing-rights organization. > > On the OTHER hand...if he happens to be a USA citizen/resident...and/or > since YouTube is US-owned and US-based...he is in blatant violation of > the laws on sound-recording copyright...and will be until 1/1/2067...! > Of course, he still owes the other money noted above as well (which, one > supposes, he can mail from the jailhouse...?!) > > You can yank on Superman's cape...you can spit into the wind...but you > DON'T mess around with...RIAA...eh?! > > Steven C. Barr > > And you can pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger. Meaner than a junkyard dog.. dl