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Originally Posted by Abzeronow
Audio recordings is a patchwork mess due to Congress. The common sense solution is to rewrite the law so sound recordings are treated the same as a book publication. Pre-1978 recordings would then be original release + 95 years while post-1978 would be Life + 70 for artist(s), lyricist(s) and composer(s)
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Audio book recording are a bit of a mess because there are multiple artists involved and audio book recordings are closer to a performance, a la music or a movie rather than a book. A life+ system doesn't really work well in that situation.