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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Don't see how it could have shorter copyright than the book. Who is to prevent it being drug through a speech recognition filter to have a copy of the book?
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Within the EU, the law is as follows:
The length of term of copyright in a sound recording depends on whether or not it has been published (released) or has been communicated to the public (for example, played on the radio)
- if a recording is not published or communicated to the public, copyright lasts for 50 years from when the recording was made
- if a recording is published within 50 years of when it was made, copyright lasts for 70 years from the year it was first published
- if a recording is not published within 50 years of when it was made, but it is communicated to the public, copyright lasts for 70 years from the year it was first communicated to the public
- if a recording is first communicated to the public within 50 years of when it was made and is then published at a later date (but within 70 years of its first communication to the public), copyright lasts for 70 years from the year it was first published
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...und-recordings
Ie, any recording that's been published has a copyright term of 70 years from the date of publication. This is a change to the law that was in force up until 2011, under which the copyright term of a recording was 50 years from the date of the recording.