All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US public domain in 2022

Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by hippie_queen on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @10:38AM (#29473575)

Can't wait to finally sample Thomas Edison on the phonograph for my Soundcloud tracks, and not having to worry about the police knocking at my door!

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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by odiroot on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @11:04AM (#29474035)

Knowing Edison, he can get up from the grave any day, to sue you into bankruptcy.

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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by filoeleven on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @12:03PM (#29475074)

Alternatively, with a reinforced casket mounted on a turbine, his grave-spinning could be a viable and fitting alternative to fossil fuels.

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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by lapetitejort on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @03:12PM (#29477601)

Grave spinning? Sounds like that dangerous Alternating Current malarky. Don't you know that AC can kill an elephant??

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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by toast0 on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @01:44PM (#29476513)

Prior art, I believe that's where Disneyland gets its zero carbon energy to power the park.

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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by LocalH on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @11:50AM (#29474850)

He probably had a patent on doing that, so be careful

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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by kristopolous on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @12:43PM (#29475703)

Hey be careful what you wish for!

Check out "I am the Edison phonograph" from 1906 https://youtu.be/EQC9CjFezrQ

I'd use that, totally would.

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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by btilly on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @02:51PM (#29477355)

Sadly, that's still under copyright.

The problem was that various music copyrights were being dated from the 1970s for historical reasons despite the music itself being much older. Congress passed a law fixing a whole lot of that in one lump. Which is why music from the 1920s becomes public domain at the same time as movies from the early 1930s.

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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by kristopolous on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @06:38PM (#29479590)

I guess it's Bessie Smith and Jelly Roll Morton then.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zCrtErmipXE

Alright, that's fine for now. The distance between this and modern pop music is actually razor thin. Update the instrumentation with synthesizers, give it percussions and you'd be done.

Interesting, the covers are further away from modern pop than this is

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Re:All sound recordings prior to 1923 will enter the US publ... by Clubber on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @10:54AM (#29473842)

Or getting sued for twice your current net worth.

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