On 21-May-00, 01:51 (CDT), Lindsay Haisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are several levels of 'ownership' here. What are called 'mechanical' > rights - the rights to the actual recorded sound are different from the > rights to the arrangement, lyrics and music. I can see where record > companies might assume, or want to assume ownership of the mechanical rights > (especially if they finance the recording sessions), but I expect they'd be > digging their own graves if they insisted on ownership of the copyrights to > works for which they publish recordings.
You'd think so, but apparently they don't. See http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/news/stories/donhenley050900.html Note that so far the bill has been passed only in the US House, not the Senate. Steve
