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Elvis Presley's first RCA recordings have this week fallen out of copyright in the UK and across the EC after surpassing the 50-year protection limit.
The legendary singer's debut single for the label, Heartbreak Hotel, which became his first US number one and reached number two in the UK, slipped out of copyright yesterday (Monday, January 1), alongside fellow Presley classics.
Presley's entire Sun label oeuvre had already previously transferred into the public domain under the ruling, which says recordings in the EC move out of copyright on the January 1 immediately after their 50th anniversary.
Campaigners within the UK music industry are continuing to fight to secure an extension of the period to 95 years and put the EC on a par with the US.
As the industry continues to come to terms with The Gowers Report recommendation last month not to extend term, a slew of other ...