Re: Sound Recordings

From: Stephen Fishman <sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 15:33:02 -0700 (PDT)

• "Cumbow, Robert" <RCumbow[_at_]GrahamDunn.com> wrote:
  > When were sound recordings first covered by
  > copyright?
  

1972

> Could a film maker use, in a film, a recording of a
> public domain musical
> work that was recorded before that date, without
> infringing?
> For example, say the Berlin Philharmonic made a
> recording of Mozart's 40th
> in 1953, and the film maker takes the performance
> from a famous-label LP
> distributed in 1953 and uses that for the music in
> her film. No
> infringement?

Pre-1972 sound recordings are protected by state anti-piracy laws. These protections will not end until 2067.

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