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Music - An explanation of the copyright length for pre-February 15, 1972 recordings in the United States, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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Ⓒ This sound recording was first fixed prior to February 15, 1972. Under Title II (Classics Protection and Access) of the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act, which was signed into law on October 11, 2018, sound recordings that were first fixed prior to February 15, 1972 are protected from unauthorized use in the United States as follows: • Recordings that were first published prior to 1923 entered the public domain on January 1, 2022. • Recordings that were first published between 1923 and 1946 are copyrighted for a period of 100 years after first publication. • Recordings that were first published between 1947 and 1956 are copyrighted for a period of 110 years after first publication. • Recordings that were published after 1956 and first fixed prior to February 15, 1972 will enter the public domain on February 15, 2067. Note that sound recordings that were first fixed prior to February 15, 1972 are a special case under US copyright law and are not subject to the same formalities as other works. In particular, the terms of protection given above for pre-1972 recordings apply regardless of whether a recording was published with a copyright notice, or whether a recording was registered with the US Copyright Office, or whether a recording's rights were renewed. Files bearing this tag may be deleted in the future, depending on the outcome of community discussions and new case law. If you are the rights holder of this sound recording and do not wish to have it hosted on Commons, please contact our designated agent.

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If it wasn't for the Music Modernization Act from 2018, those recordings would have NEVER entered the public domain. Sound recordings published after that date have their copyright expire 95 years after publication.

Fun fact: The rule of the shorter term (another rule with a complicated history) in the United States applies to all media from overseas, with the exception of sound recordings.

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