![]() ![]() Primary Purpose Behind the Creation of This Digital Copy: The primary purpose behind the creation of the digital copies of both the music recording and other images for this item is the advancement of the public's knowledge and the dissemination of information regarding the musical cultural heritage which is represented by the initial creation of this item. Thus, the record sleeve and label on the record itself would fall under the same statutes governing books and other text-based creations. ![]() Federal copyright could attach to sheet music, the package or record sleeve, and the record label but not to the recording itself (before 15 February 1972.) In a great number of cases such copyright was either never registered, or if registered, was never renewed. Many states have exempted educational or archival use as an exception to the protection of musical recordings as intellectual property. Generally, in this environment, a violation occurred only when the reproduction of a musical recording was made for sale or profit. The protection of such so-called 'Intellectual Property' relied upon the Common Law and statutes which addressed their status only within each of the individual states. Before 15 February 1972, recordings of music did not and now do not have recognition or status under Federal Law there was no copyright protection for recordings of music at the Federal Level. Disclaimer Regarding the Digitization of this Item: Music recordings fall in to a special category in copyright law. ![]() This parasitic use of information which should be freely available for all to access is an Intellectual Crime and should not be tolerated. There are many forces at work which are attempting to turn 'Public Domain' information into a commodity which some can milk for a profit. Go to the above site to find out more about the digitization of this item and the on-going attempt to help make 'Knowledge' and 'Information' available to everyone, anywhere, at any time, for no cost. Audacity was used to create the recording the settings were at highest quality and an Audacity Project file is included in a 7zip archive. A 24 bit FLAC file recorded with a 96 kHz sampling rate is included and no audio correction was done so as to gather as much of the information as possible in the recording. Digitized by Gerard Arthus and released into the Public Domain under the Creative Commons License. Recorded from 12 inch Black Vinyl Discs and 10" black Shellac Discs, all records were in mint or unused condition these Compilation Collections will attempt to place as much of the artist's work as is possible in one collection new works (songs) will be added as they are found and better copies will be added also. All music compiled from several records Pre-1972. Compilation of the works of the Beach Boys. ![]()
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