Re: copyright holder of "Birds" by Hitchcock

On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Robert Cumbow <rcumbow[_at_]grahamdunn.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 13, 2000, Rika Soopa <rika[_at_]kontuur.ee> wrote:
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> > Could you help me with the problem how to find out who is the
> > copyright holder of the movie "The Birds" by Hitchcock, 1963.
>
> In the United States, copyright in a motion picture is held by the
> studio that produced the film ...

Would you also say that the copyrights to vintage radio transcriptions (commissioned musical phonograph recordings) produced by studios in the 1930's-1940's are held by the studio that produced the sound recordings? What if these studios are no longer in business and the radio transcriptions are abandoned? Who owns the right to reproduce those old master sound recordings?

Thanks very much for any thoughts on the matter-- Joy O'Shell
(law student and legal intern)
<joshell[_at_]kentlaw.edu> Received on Thu Mar 16 2000 - 06:22:58 GMT