Lawmakers in Tennessee will now vote on whether to extend copyright protection to pre-1972 sound recordings. Federal copyright law in the United States currently protects sound recordings released on or after February 15th, 1972. Unfortunately, only a handful of states actually protect pre-1972 tracks, and even then, they have widely differing local rules. Florida’s Supreme […]
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