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Originally Posted by pdurrant
The copyright in sound recording expires after 50 years (now 70 years after publication in the EU), but the copyright in the music and/or lyrics may last longer. So you have to check all three before you're free to copy/distribute sound recordings.
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There's a huge difference between deciding a work is in public domain and then sharing it on the Web, and making a copy of an LP and then donating or selling that single LP.