Re: Old Time Radio and Copyright

From: Gordon P. Firemark <firemark[_at_]firemark.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:13:05 -0700

On 7/27/98, 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.

Don't forget about the scripts from which the broadcasts were created...


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