Copyright Term Expiration

What is the present situation with regard to copyrights in musical recordings reverting to recording artists (in particular, songs recording in the 1960s)? Assume that the group that recorded the song was a contractor to the record company (notwithstanding what the contract may have said about work-made-for-hire), and the song was a national hit in 1966. The artists never received any royalties for the work, and since they did not write the underlying composition, they were not entitled to royalties from that, either.

Mike Phillips Received on Tue Aug 19 2003 - 19:55:14 GMT