Any interest for Wikimedians?
Gordo
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We have a very large collection of Beethoven vinyl records (part of our special collection) which we wish to dispose of.****
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On 26 February 2012 20:28, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
Any interest for Wikimedians?
Gordo
It's difficult to pass up an opportunity such as this, and I wonder why there was no interest from the other bodies. What is the cost: shipping only, or are they trying to make a sale?
-- Anthony (AGK)
On 26 February 2012 20:28, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
Any interest for Wikimedians?
Gordo
Probably not. Vinyl means to recent to be public domain. Wax cylinders would be of more interest.
-- geni
On Feb 26, 2012 11:07 PM, "geni" geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 26 February 2012 20:28, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
Any interest for Wikimedians?
Gordo
Probably not. Vinyl means to recent to be public domain. Wax cylinders would be of more interest.
We could think more long term and start building up a collection of things to digitise and make available once their copyright expires.
What copyright term are we talking about for something like this? 50 years? Or would it be a life+70 thing? If it's just 50 years, then that may not be too long to wait.
On 26 February 2012 23:21, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
We could think more long term and start building up a collection of things to digitise and make available once their copyright expires.
What copyright term are we talking about for something like this? 50 years? Or would it be a life+70 thing? If it's just 50 years, then that may not be too long to wait.
70 years assuming no further extensions. However Beethoven recordings are so common that they are unlikely to be of any real interest to us. In practice about the only things that are old enough to be of interest to us and that we would actually be able to digitalise are shellac-based 78s.
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