[Free-sklyarov-uk] Corrupt CD's - Time for another protest/leafleting session?

[Chuck Heffner]

> > As to works that have passed the lapse time they are irrelevant. There
is
> > no copyright on them.
>
> Precisely! So I should be able to copy them... but if a work I own has
lapsed
> copyright, I can't copy it if it has "content protection".

I don't know how different it is in the UK, but both of these threads are
inapplicable. For comment 1, the only creative works that have lapsed per
copyright law are texts and visual works of art - there is no *recorded*
music that has lapsed under copyright law in the US or the UK.
(copright=lifetime of author plus 95 years). Hope you enjoy burning your
copy of an early 20th century book.

Per comment 2, while Beethoven's 9th composition has slipped into the public
domain, any recordings of his are the copyrighted property of the performing
artist (their interpretation of his work, fully copyrightable). If I go out
today and buy the LSO's rendition of B's 9th, and make it available online,
I'm guilty of copyright infringement. The only recordings the public is
entitled to for free would be recordings of B's 9th that precede December
7th, 1906, and the current copyright holder *does* have the right to
"copy-protect" it since they own it and there's no law or precedent against
corrupting CDs.

Sorry to be such a jerk.

Chuck