Re: audio restoration & reformatting for profit
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Posted by M. Arthur Auslander on March 30, 1999 at 04:18:06:
In Reply to: audio restoration & reformatting for profit posted by peter fonatsch on March 29, 1999 at 17:23:25:
: As I understand,an individual can make a copy of a
: recording for their own use.May I provide that service
: as a business without violating copyright laws.
: I Plan to take a person's old vinyl records,clean up
: the audio and reformat to cd via computer.
It botheres me when i don't know thw answers.
My gut says there is risk in; doing that. There is a cut off year on recordings. Recordings prior to a ceratain year had not protection. A logical cut off yearr would be 1978 or 9 when the new copyright law cam into effect. My recollection says that the cut off year is 1958. I don't know why. I would be pleased to take an assigment to research the problem.
M. Arthur Auslander
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