Post by daniel on Mar 14, 2023 2:33:25 GMT
These primarily relate to stamps affixed to records. piano rolls, cylinders and a handful of books. The various copyrights would cover composers, performers and publishers for music and authors and publishers in the case of books for a period of 50 years or more.
For records etc in the UK, the 1911 Copyright Act applied
Collecting the stamps can be quite challenging since, in the case of records, they were attached to the centre of the record and are subsequently difficult to remove. It is recommended to soak them in a bath!
There is even a catalogue: Stamps on Music by Adam Miller
Here are a couple of British examples still attached to their related records.
Was it a Dream?. copyright Campbell Connelly & Co, Music Publishers One and one-eighth of a penny used 1927-30
Rio Grande and Billy Boy (Sea Shanties) copyright Mecolico, Mechanical Copyrights Licences Co, one penny each side, 1913-32
For records etc in the UK, the 1911 Copyright Act applied
Collecting the stamps can be quite challenging since, in the case of records, they were attached to the centre of the record and are subsequently difficult to remove. It is recommended to soak them in a bath!
There is even a catalogue: Stamps on Music by Adam Miller
Here are a couple of British examples still attached to their related records.
Was it a Dream?. copyright Campbell Connelly & Co, Music Publishers One and one-eighth of a penny used 1927-30
Rio Grande and Billy Boy (Sea Shanties) copyright Mecolico, Mechanical Copyrights Licences Co, one penny each side, 1913-32