Copyright
The laws relating to copyright are very complicated. Basically, it is illegal to copy any recording whether for private use or not. Some recordings are described as ‘Public Domain’, which implies that they are free from any copyright restrictions. This is not necessarily the case: the actual recording may have gone out of copyright but the rights to the work (e.g. a piece of music) may still be within the 50 years’ protection after the composer's death, if the composer is no longer alive.
The addresses of the organizations which should be consulted where there is any doubt are given below:
Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society Ltd (MCPS) Elgar House, 41 Streatham High Road, Streatham, London SW16 1ER. (Protects the interests of composers ...
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