We do not own the copyrights to any of the shows available on this site. To the best of our knowledge the shows are in the public domain because they were never copyrighted or the copyrights have expired. Rosebud Radio doesn't sell the recordings or charge for access to our site. We will remove any recording from this site that is shown to violate a copyright.
Here is some additional copyright information:
From the site at:
http://www.oldtimeradioprograms.com/copyrite.htm
"we have checked with the Library of Congress regarding the status of old time radio recordings made prior to 1978, and have been informed by their staff that all such recordings are generally in the public domain, as sound recordings were not allowed under the previous copyright law and that such recordings have not been granted copyright status under the new laws (since to change their status and move them out of the Public Domain would be a violation of Ex-Post-Facto). Once a piece is placed into the public domain for any reason, it remains there legally unless someone brings a case to the Supreme Court to decide otherwise."
From the site at:
http://www22.brinkster.com/paradio/pages/flip.htm
Library of Congress statements that the original recordings presented here are within the Public Domain, since they were NOT qualified for copyright protection when presented, nor was any attempt to place them under such copyright protection was made when the window of opportunity for such existed in 1978-1979 when the copyright law regarding such recordings changed. (Such had to be submitted to the Congressional Record for reinstatement at that time, and NO US Broadcasts from the 1929 thru 1950 period was filed for at that time in the Congressional Record - only a few foreign language audio recordings were so filed for in that period, none of which are here in our Library Collection.