Re: Old Time Radio and Copyright

From: Michael Scarpitti <MScarpit[_at_]asnt.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:55:28 -0400

On 27, July 1998, Joseph C. McGuire <joseph[_at_]sos.net> wrote:
>
> This is something I have always wondered about. Is old time radio
> copyrighted?
>
> Two things lead me to believe that is is not. 1) They were originally
> broacast live, therefore no fixation. 2) There was no phonocopyright
> under the 1909 act. So that the electrical transcription disks were
> not protected.
>
> Please correct me if I am wrong.

Ah yes! But what about the scripts, my son?

Michael A Scarpitti
Assistant Editor
Materials Evaluation
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<mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> Received on Tue Jul 28 1998 - 12:57:28 GMT

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