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WNEW-1130 AM New York- Liquidation Wholesale Collection 50 CDs Un-Scoped

Isn't this guy is exposing himself to huge potential lawsuits from former owners of the radio station, the estates of the DJs, the company that produced the jingles and most of all the music publishers? Seems like a big risk for a few hundred bucks!
 
wadio said:
Isn't this guy is exposing himself to huge potential lawsuits from former owners of the radio station, the estates of the DJs, the company that produced the jingles and most of all the music publishers? Seems like a big risk for a few hundred bucks!
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It's an aircheck collection. Airchecks have been sold, traded and collected going back to the first days of the tape recorder (and even in some cases, to preserved 78 rpm transcriptions).

The only risk might be in presenting unscoped music, but if there are lead-ins, intros and outros over the music, it's likely nobody would object.
 
Airchecks have been sold, traded and collected going back to the first days of the tape recorder ...
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So have commercial music albums which doesn't mean it's legal. But you're probably correct that nobody is likely to object in this case. Most of the affected parties are probably dead.
 
Ah, it's a hobby thing, that's all. No heir is apt to pursue that kind of trail. I believe all four of the names mentioned have passed away.

And perhaps it's just a matter of time, anyway, before these airchecks go viral for those of us who crave the stuff. To me, Klavan was the funniest human being ever to speak into a microphone. And me a rock-and-roll punk, listening to all that MoR music ! Listening to Klavan was like listening to the 1963 Joey Reynolds on WKBW. You waited for the song to end because you didn't know what either of them -- perhaps the first shock jocks -- were going to do or say next.

Concern about the music-rights considerations are secondary.
 
Don't get me wrong ... I'm very much against the current copyright laws. Collecting royalties for 150 years (75 and an extension of another 75) is ludicrous, but it's the law. I believe songs should hit the public domain much sooner. I'm questioning whether what this guy is doing is illegal because, if it is, it shouldn't be. If more people were aware of the copyright insanity in this country maybe the laws would eventually be changed.
 
Notice when some character on a TV show has a birthday these days, everybody sings "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" so they don't have to pay royalties for "Happy Birthday to You," which is still under copyright. Crazy!
 
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