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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Is it enough that it has sound? The sound wasn't published as a separate item, as far as I know, so the exact wording of the extension for sound recordings is going to be vital.
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That is for the lawyers to determine. Look at how long the "Happy Birthday" song was kept under a copyright, due to a 1935, axillary (player piano roll) copyright.
One could say the the pure video portion, by itself may fall into copyright, but how many people would want, say
Gone with the Wind without an audio soundtrack? Hollywood is really only concerned about sound pictures, that is where the real money is. This gives them an extension of at least 5 years, (for those from 1923 on).
The question is, how does one view a partial extension of copyright, in terms of the bet. The bet was couched in terms of all or none. We got something in the middle. . . .