Guidelines for Deciding the
Copyright Status of Audio Recordings in the Vincent Voice Library
Items in categories
1, 2, 5, 7, and 8 should be put into EAD finding aids.� Category 3 items DO NOT go in finding
aids.� The MARC records for items in
category 3 will be suppressed from MAGIC.�
Items in category 6 need further research; generally they will not go in
finding aids for the time being, but occasional exceptions are allowed.
Categories 5 and 8 items need permissions; if permission is denied, they will
be removed from finding aids.
1� = Ok for web and loan � Public Domain
�
NOTE: These are all public domain materials.
�
YES: All pre-1923 items
�
YES: Federal government official speaking on
government business.� E.g. Clinton
giving the state of the union address, or C-SPAN covering the floor of
Congress.�
�
NO: Federal government officials NOT
speaking on government business.� E.g.
Clinton accepting the Democratic nomination. (mark it a 2)
�
NO: C-SPAN�s other programs (interviews,
book readings, etc) (treat as non-network TV)
�
Assign a 1 status if possible. E.g. If an
item could be both a 1 and a 2 (Clinton giving a press conference recorded from
CBS Evening News), assign it a 1.
2 = Ok to hold and
loan (news) � Broadcast News
�
NOTE: This is the 17 USC 108 news
exemption.� Refers only to TV nightly
news; NOT all news is OK.
�
YES: NBC, CBS, or ABC nightly or evening
news, or other 1970s style news shows
�
YES: News broadcasts that react to events
that have just happened, e.g. the Hindenberg explosion.
�
YES: Political conventions on network TV
�
YES: Things that sound like news events
where note field reads just CBS-TV, NBC-TV, or ABC-TV. We will assume it is
news for now.
�
YES: CBC or BBC news recorded in US
�
NO: news shows that discuss events after the
fact, e.g. CBS Sunday Morning, roundups of the news
�
NO: Meet the Press or other interview shows
�
3 = Don't digitize,
suppress MAGIC. No loan � Not in Finding Aid
�
NOTE: remember a YES for this category is
something we should NOT have.
�
YES: Anything since 1923 not covered� by other categories.
�
YES: Talk shows like Today Show, Good
Morning America, etc.
�
YES: Meet the Press or other interview shows
�
YES: post 1923 TV Fiction, e.g. Cheers
�
YES: Music (unless public domain or from LP
(album) owned by MSU) post 1923
�
YES: non-network radio & TV 1979-present
5 =� Pending permission. No loan � Permission
Pending
�
YES: post-1923 non-broadcast items where we
might get a permission from the speaker / rights holder. (i.e. recorded
privately)
�
YES: non-network radio programs (i.e. WJR,
WJIM) from 1964-1978
�
YES: non-network TV (i.e. WVIC) 1964-78�
�
YES: Preservation items by famous speakers
from 1964-1978
�
NO: Network items where permissions will
cost thousands.
6 = Status unknown.
No loan. Further research needed. � Status Unknown
�
NOTE: Questions go here.
�
YES: Anything where there is uncertainty
�
YES: anything where we need more provenance
info, especially date or source of broadcast
�
7 = OK to hold and
loan (preservation) � Preservation
�
YES: network & non-network radio and TV
items from 1923-63 but NOT Music
�
YES: LPs owned by MSU (record name &/or
number listed in Note field)
�
YES: rare and valuable materials where we
have some hope of getting a permission
�
NO: anything from a network that was a
compilation, e.g. 60 Minutes, Biography
�
NO: network fiction since 1964
�
NO: Music broadcasts recorded from TV or
radio post 1923
8 = OK web &
loan pending permission (MSU provenance) � MSU Provenance
�
NOTE: We still need to get permissions to
put these on the web
�
YES: MSU employees speaking
�
YES: other speakers at MSU, recorded at MSU
�
NOTE: Mark MSU STUDENTS as 5
Copyright
Guidelines for TV & Radio |
Network
TV |
Non-Network
TV |
Network
Radio |
Non-Network
Radio |
WKAR |
pre
1923 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
N/A |
1924-63 |
7
or 1 or 2 |
7
or 1 |
7
or 1 |
7
or 1 |
8 |
1964-78 |
3
or 1 or 2 |
5
or 1 |
3
or 1 |
5 |
�8 (if local show) |
1979-present |
3
or 1or 2 |
3
or 5 (if local station) |
3
or 1 |
3
or 5 (if local station) |
8
(if local show) |