Remasters Aren’t Brand-New Copyrights, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reaffirms

Digital remasters involve a lot of painstaking work by dedicated sound engineers.  But they don’t create a brand-new copyright, according to a decision reaffirmed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week. This started out as a novel argument by CBS Radio attorneys, who were trying to avoid paying pre-1972 recorded broadcast royalties.  And […]

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