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EFF to Court: Expanding Copyrights In Old Music Recordings Will Squelch Competition In New Music Services
Are you a radio listener? A fan of classic rock or jazz? Do you tune in to Sirius XM’s “60s on 6” channel or seed your Pandora stream with the Rolling Stones? A case in federal appeals court in New York (and a similar case in California) could shake up music broadcasting, and not in a good way. A lower court decision expanded the scope of common law copyrights in sound recordings from before 1972, adding a new right to control public performances…
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