Re: Times article

Dave green wrote:
> afaik, there's not a vast amount you can legally do with an
> out-of-copyright recording of a still-in-copyright song, though it does
> mean there's fewer rights to clear for most re-usage (and in the case of
> out-of-copyright recordings of out-of-copyright classical music, of course
> you're completely in the clear...)

Actually, I think the issue is one of compulsory licenses. I'm not sure of 
the details but I thought there were compulsory licenses in place for the 
music/lyrics of published songs whereas there aren't for the sound 
recordings, which means that once the sound recording copyright expires, you 
can then rely on the compulsory license as a maximum payment/permission 
requirement for other uses. It may be that this only covers distribution of 
the sound recording, not its use in a derivative work (audio collage, 
soundtrack etc), but I'm not sure.


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