The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102005 Message #2065189
Posted By: M.Ted
31-May-07 - 04:35 PM
Thread Name: morality of collecting
Subject: RE: morality of collecting
Litigation that would resolve all the ownership, rights, use and contract issues related to the Leader/Trailer catalog would be protracted and expensive, and it is unlikely that anyone involved would gain enough to make it worthwhile. Short of that, a meeting of the minds would have to occur between Dave Bulmer and the participating artists, their representatives, or their heirs.
Even that "meeting of the minds" would require a significant amount of legal research (sorting out copyrights, for instance) -so it is likely that nothing much will happen, unless someone steps forward with a love of folk music and deep pockets--
An alternative might be a sheparded, one-at-a-time-as-need-arises process, but that would require cooperation--