Ron: Yes, I've seen your later message and take your point that similar things are happening in the USA.

I wonder how much of a market there is for the inaccessible material from the 50-80's that you refer to, and how much of it is work by living artists who would benefit if they were re-issued and sold now?

Did the artists who recorded with Folkways signed away their rights too? What happened there, with the Smithsonian now selling those recordings?

The position with CM/Leader may be slightly different because the artists DO have rights to the the royalties, but there are none being generated because there are no sales.

Anahata