Anfrage am 02.12.2022 an inforubettes@gmail.com

        Subject: Technical Project: Digitizing Vinyl via Optical Scanner

        Hi,

        during the past 3 months or so I was doing some technical project:

        putting an old vinyl onto a current flatbed scanner and scanning the
        vinyl with the highest possible resolution. Then after having
        scanned the vinyl in 16 different positions / angles I've started
        doing an 'image analysis'. The current result of this 'analysis'
        is an audio file which contains the sound recorded on the vinyl.
        The sound quality, though, is quite a bit away from what we hear
        from a 'real turntable' or even a CD but you can hear the sound.

        For my tests I've used the song 'OOH - LA - LA' from State Record
        Limited from 1977.

        Now my question is: would I be allowed to put the scans, my
        analysis program which I wrote and the final sound files for
        instance coded as MP3 onto my page for the public or would
        this be in conflict with some legal regulations concerning
        ownership or such.

        I'd be very happy if this was possible because I think this was / is
        an interesting project and other people might also be interested
        in it. It is of course NOT my intention to illegally redistribute
        music where I do not have the distribution rights. So if there was
        some 'easy official' way for me this would be great!

        Maybe final question: is this the right address for me at all
        (inforubettes@gmail.com) or should I refer to different people
        with my question? I just found the address on this page:

        https://rubettesfeaturingalanwilliams.com/

        And since I read 'Richardson/Williams' on the vinyl I thought
        I might have found the correct web page.


        BR

        R. Schubert




Antwort am 04.12.2022 von inforubettes@gmail.com

Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 23:19:55 +1000
From: Liz Hill <inforubettes@gmail.com>
To: Rudolf Schubert <rudolf@muc.de>
Subject: Re: Technical Project: Digitizing Vinyl via Optical Scanner
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Hi Rudolf,
We do not own the original 1977 recording. You will need to send your request
to Universal Music who are now the copyright owners of recordings by State
Records and their parent company Polydor Records.

Good luck.

Liz.