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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court ruled Tuesday that common law protects a record company's copyright on recordings made prior to 1972 — a decision that could have industrywide ramifications for everything from Bach to the Beatles.
That lawsuit involved Franklin, Tenn.-based Naxos of America Inc., which restored and marketed 1930s classical records made in England by another company, The Gramaphone Co. Limited, after the 50-year British copyright had expired.
Hollywood, Calif.-based Capitol Records Inc., which currently holds the rights to those recordings, sued.
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