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Poster:	brewster	Date:	Sep 19, 2023 12:30pm
Forum:	edison-recordings	Subject:	evidence of rights

In Tim Brook's excellent CLIR report Survey of Reissues of U.S. Sound Recordings, one finds the following statement:

One notable component of the public domain for recordings is the body of recordings made by the companies of Thomas A. Edison between 1890 and 1929. Legal title to those recordings did pass to a successor company; however, in the 1950s that company conveyed title to the U.S. government as part of an agreement with the U.S. Parks Department. Thus, Edison recordings can today be used without restriction.


https://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2008/07/the-messy-messy.html#:~:text=Edison%20between%201890%20and%201929,today%20be%20used%20without%20restriction