Copyright Permission Denied

NGSW: Permissions Denied or Unable to Pursue Further
11 items

digital call number tape call number brief description copyright check

VVL 00764 M1196 pt.1 & pt.2 Long, Huey. Documentary on the life and times of Huey Long. Includes voices of FDR, Father Coughlin, and Francis Townsend, along with many Long speeches. Broadcast on PBS-TV, October 15, 1986. [Ken Burns production] suppress magic (3)
9/28/00 - Permission denied by Ken Burns' production company. Said we may not use any part of the program due to their "remastering" of the historic voices.

VVL 00767 M3931 bd03 U.A.W. strike at GM, national guard at Chevrolet strike in Flint, Michigan, January 12, 1937 remembered by participants. Broadcast on PBS (With banners and babies). suppress magic (3)
10/13/00 - show producers unknown by PBS; cannot pursue further

VVL 00781 M1944 bd07 Terkel, Studs talks about the sense of shame felt by the unemployed during the great depression and of the aspiration of working people. Broadcast on NPR, March 19, 1975. OK to hold and loan (preservation) (3)
11/1/00 - permission denied by NPR.

VVL 00786 M784 bd02-M785 Guthrie, Woodie with Bess Lomax: Dust Bowl refugees. Library of Congress, March 27, 1940 OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7)
10/27/00 - permission denied by Guthrie estate

VVL 00787 M782bd02-M784bd01 Guthrie, Woody. Dust Bowl songs and conversation with Woody Guthrie. With the voice of Alan Lomax. Library of Congress, March 22, 1940. OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7)
10/27/00 - permission denied by Guthrie estate

VVL 00834 M1965 bd01 Let's Dance (radio program). Broadcast by Ferris State College, January 26, 1935. Broadcast of Benny Goodman and his band on NBC. OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7)
seek permission from Goodman for music performance rights.
10/26/00 - too expensive to obtain permission; this recording is only music. change copyright status to 3 (suppress); unable to pursue further

VVL 00838 M4804 bd01 American chorus sings songs of the Spanish Civil War in Spanish and English, many dealing with fighting of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Recorded 1939. Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Butch Hawes, Bess Lomax. OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7) need source of recording. 12/4/00 Believe Pre - 1972 no copyrights by producers of recordings. 1/22/00 Music copyright permission will not be pursued further.

VVL 00978 M1877 bd04 Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937. Broadcast from London after having been the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic.
c. 1932 [Mike Douglas Show, 1975] OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7)
need source of recording; What is British copyright law?
11/14/00 - discovered this was taped from the Mike Douglas Show in 1975, therefore copyright status 3 (suppress)

VVL 00862 M2234 The great depression / narrated by Hughes Rudd. With the voice of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Kenneth Galbraith, Eric Sevareid, William Wright, General Smedley Butler, Al Jolson and more. Broadcast on CBS-TV, March 29, 1976. . suppress magic (3). seek permission from CBS & all speakers;
11/14/00 permission granted for Galbraith voice. 1/10/01 CBS denies permission.

VVL 00233 M459 bd02 The Depression, PBS, 1980. 60 mins with many historical voices. suppress magic (3); seek permission from producer and all speakers. 1/22/00 PBS unable to identify this program or its producer(s). unable to pursue further.

VVL 00604 M3921 bd08 Presidents of the United States in the Twentieth-century. Contributions reviewed are FDR through R.M. Nixon with actual voices from the inaugurations. Tony Janak, 1972. further research needed (6) need source of recording; 12/4/00 1972 recordings have copyright with producer(s) of the recordings. Can we use just the presidents' voices? 1/22/01 Unable to pursue without source of recordings.

Last updated: 1/22/01 (final update)
11 items permission denied/unable to pursue further
Lisa Robinson

digital call number	tape call number	brief description	copyright check
VVL 00764	M1196 pt.1 & pt.2	Long, Huey. Documentary on the life and times of Huey Long. Includes voices of FDR, Father Coughlin, and Francis Townsend, along with many Long speeches. Broadcast on PBS-TV, October 15, 1986. [Ken Burns production]	suppress magic (3) 9/28/00 - Permission denied by Ken Burns' production company. Said we may not use any part of the program due to their "remastering" of the historic voices.
VVL 00767	M3931 bd03	U.A.W. strike at GM, national guard at Chevrolet strike in Flint, Michigan, January 12, 1937 remembered by participants. Broadcast on PBS (With banners and babies).	suppress magic (3) 10/13/00 - show producers unknown by PBS; cannot pursue further
VVL 00781	M1944 bd07	Terkel, Studs talks about the sense of shame felt by the unemployed during the great depression and of the aspiration of working people. Broadcast on NPR, March 19, 1975.	OK to hold and loan (preservation) (3) 11/1/00 - permission denied by NPR.
VVL 00786	M784 bd02-M785	Guthrie, Woodie with Bess Lomax: Dust Bowl refugees. Library of Congress, March 27, 1940	OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7) 10/27/00 - permission denied by Guthrie estate
VVL 00787	M782bd02-M784bd01	Guthrie, Woody. Dust Bowl songs and conversation with Woody Guthrie. With the voice of Alan Lomax. Library of Congress, March 22, 1940.	OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7) 10/27/00 - permission denied by Guthrie estate
VVL 00834	M1965 bd01	Let's Dance (radio program). Broadcast by Ferris State College, January 26, 1935. Broadcast of Benny Goodman and his band on NBC.	OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7) seek permission from Goodman for music performance rights. 10/26/00 - too expensive to obtain permission; this recording is only music. change copyright status to 3 (suppress); unable to pursue further
VVL 00838	M4804 bd01	American chorus sings songs of the Spanish Civil War in Spanish and English, many dealing with fighting of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Recorded 1939. Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Butch Hawes, Bess Lomax.	OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7) need source of recording. 12/4/00 Believe Pre - 1972 no copyrights by producers of recordings. 1/22/00 Music copyright permission will not be pursued further.
VVL 00978	M1877 bd04	Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937. Broadcast from London after having been the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic. c. 1932 [Mike Douglas Show, 1975]	OK to hold and loan (preservation) (7) need source of recording; What is British copyright law? 11/14/00 - discovered this was taped from the Mike Douglas Show in 1975, therefore copyright status 3 (suppress)
VVL 00862	M2234	The great depression / narrated by Hughes Rudd. With the voice of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Kenneth Galbraith, Eric Sevareid, William Wright, General Smedley Butler, Al Jolson and more. Broadcast on CBS-TV, March 29, 1976. .	suppress magic (3). seek permission from CBS & all speakers; 11/14/00 permission granted for Galbraith voice. 1/10/01 CBS denies permission.
VVL 00233	M459 bd02	The Depression, PBS, 1980. 60 mins with many historical voices.	suppress magic (3); seek permission from producer and all speakers. 1/22/00 PBS unable to identify this program or its producer(s). unable to pursue further.
VVL 00604	M3921 bd08	Presidents of the United States in the Twentieth-century. Contributions reviewed are FDR through R.M. Nixon with actual voices from the inaugurations. Tony Janak, 1972.	further research needed (6) need source of recording; 12/4/00 1972 recordings have copyright with producer(s) of the recordings. Can we use just the presidents' voices? 1/22/01 Unable to pursue without source of recordings.