Thursday, March 17, 2011

St. Patrick's Day Not My Victrola Special! With A Bonus!



FuzzBear uploaded this John McCormack favorite that is perfect for today. It is interesting to note that our Favorite Irish Tenor recorded this song in 1916, well beyond the reach of current US copyright laws, but YouTube is putting ads on this video. That tells us that someone has claimed rights even though the record should be copyright free. I have the same thing happen with YouTube whenever I post an Al Jolson or John McCormack record. Other artists seem to be off of YouTube's radar, up until around 1930.  You do have to be careful to watch your YouTube account if you post old records.  Some of the YouTube channels that share record collections have been cancelled due to copyright infringement complaints.



We posted this old Columbia a couple years ago, and this seems like a good day to haul it out again. Happy St. Paddy's Day!

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