Re: Are the Beatles actually musically significant?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donz5) wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> BlackMonk wrote:
> 
>>40
>>years or so from now, both the songs and the recordings >are going to
>>be in public domain.
> 
> Perhaps I don't have a clear picture of this stuff -- aren't
> copyrights renewable? Doesn't Apple/EMI still control recordings from
> over 40 years ago? For example, I don't see "Love Me Do" and "Please
> Please Me," songs over 42 years old, now in the public domain.



With American films.....anything from 1923 back is in the public domain. Do  
sound recordings have the same copyrights as film?



Shemp