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http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/cbs-radio-defeats-pre-1972-royalties-claim-with-remaster-reboots-copyright-argument/ http://radioink.com/2016/06/02/end-copyright-war/ http://www.nationallawjournal.com/home/id=1202759076693/CBS-Wins-Fight-Over-Rights-to-Play-Oldies?mcode=1202617074964&curindex=1&slreturn=20160502085801 -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Shoshani Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 5:59 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Pre-1972 sound recordings What's going to happen is that dozens of independent producers are going to tweak and remaster needledrops from pre-1972 vinyl and even shellac, with signal processing/alteration and possibly time/pitch shifting. And the producers will claim copyright protection under this precedent. I mean, I'm no attorney, but doesn't this decision basically undo Capitol vs Naxos? (A case I personally feel had no business being brought, as the original HMV work would have been issued by Victor under license rather than under copyright; the US was not part of any reciprocal copyright conventions pertaining to sound recording at the time the record in question was originally published, and Capitol itself was over a decade away from formation...)