"Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection for old songs". Still way to long for later 78s I think, but would improve things for early records. Still needs to pass the House though...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/201 ... old-songs/
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Interesting development for copyright of older music
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I sure hope that passes. I assume it would put the hurt into copyright trolls by sending things into public domain.
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Isn't it peculiar how this "forthcoming" law is outdated already? It seems to me that the society is already miles ahead by comparison.