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European Copyrights Expire; RIAA Nervous

Posted by timothy on from the permanent-ownership dept.

colmore writes "This article in today's New York Times (free reg. req.) discusses the expiration of European copyrights for recordings made in the 1950s. Now "bootleg" labels can legitimately print a lot of still-popular early rock, country, jazz, and classical albums. The good folks at the RIAA are trying to establish stricter customs controls. So does this mean cheap Elvis or a diluted pool of products?"

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  1. IN SOVIATE AMERICA by oliverthered · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't forget that the USA is just like a bunch of soviates, there like states not like communism.

    You shouild have said
    The wealthy elites redistribute the value of your bank account into their labor power!

    don't you know anything about the markets'

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    thank God the internet isn't a human right.