The Performance Right Juncture: Sound Recordings
Music Business Journal | Berklee College of Music 2015-12-23
Summary:
Prior to 1972, no federal copyright protection existed for sound recordings. Congress rectified that situation by extending copyright to any recordings that were fixed on or after February 15, 1972. The owners of the copyright therefore had the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute phonorecords embodying the sound recording, including by means of digital transmission, [...]