[pd-discuss] Music in the Public Domain

Mon May 7 15:17:34 UTC 2012

On 7 May 2012 16:10, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Quick question -- copyright for musical recordings made within the EU
> expires after 50 years, but what about music that was recorded in the US?

Origin does not matter. BTW in the EU it will soon be 70 years due to
the recent extension.

> Are, for instance, Sister Rosetta Tharpe's US recordings from 1948,
> available on the archive.org, available for free re-use within Europe?

Yes - though IANAL etc. Also remember songs have both recording and
authorial copyright in them.

There used to be a long FAQ about all of this on, I thought,
publicdomain.okfn.org based on our analysis of all of this for Elvis'
That's Alright (done back in 2005-2006) but I'm not able to find this
right now.

Rufus

> Advice much appreciated, as I'm due to be curating some of this amazing
> vocalists songs for a website in the coming weeks.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
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