kitarist -> RE: Sabicas’s recordings in the Public Domain? (Nov. 3 2019 20:34:24)
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Sabicas died in 1990 so there is no way his recordings would have become public domain recently. Current general copyright law such as it is, the minimum copyright is life+50 years (Berne convention), meaning 1990+50. However both Spain and the USA's laws are life+70 years, so the earliest his recordings would be in the public domain is 2061. There are some weird scenarios. In the US, the above applies to works created past Jan 1, 1978. For works published or registered before 1978, the maximum copyright duration is 95 years from the date of publication, if copyright was renewed during the 28th year following publication. But this seems to exclude sound recordings which are slightly different again, in the US, due to the Music Modernization act of 2018. From the wiki: The first sound recordings to enter the public domain will be those fixed before 1923, which will enter the public domain on January 1, 2022. Works fixed 1923–1946 are public after 100 years and works fixed 1947–1956 after 110 years. Works fixed 1 Jan 1957 – 14 Feb 1972 are all public 15 Feb, 2067. All this to say, there is nothing in general or US-specific law to make these recordings public domain now. But it's one thing what the law is, and another if and when and how it can be enforced in specific cases. For example, how is anything going to be enforced if the company pressing the CDs is in communist China?
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