User:Jafeluv/PD-US-recording

United States federal copyright law does not protect sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972. However, these recordings may be subject to common law copyright on the state level (see Capitol Records vs. Naxos). On February 15, 2067, United States copyright law will supersede state law and the recording will enter the public domain [1]. Recordings of copyrighted musical compositions etc., cannot be freely used. Furthermore, recordings having obvious commercial value are likely to be protected under state law. It is however asserted that this sound recording not based on copyrighted material and with no obvious commercial value can be considered public domain in the United States and in other countries where it has not been separately copyrighted.