Casey Kasem's radio shows are being archived at the Internet Archive

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Both the 1980s version of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 and the 1990s version, called Casey's Top 40, are being archived over at the Internet Archive.

https://archive.org/details/americantop40?&sort=titleSorter&page=2

[giantsfan2016]

Lots of radio stations air the 70s version, the 80s version. or both.

The 70s Version:

WNTY 96.1/990 Southington, CT
WQUN 1220 Hamden, CT
WPTY 105.3 HD2/98.1 FM Long Island
WACM 100.1/1270 Springfield, MA
WSKP 104.3/1180 Westerly, RI
WBMW 106.5 HD3 New London, CT (Simulcasts WSKP)

The 80s Version:
WTIC-FM 96.5 Hartford, CT

[retailisking]

How is this possible with all the rights issues involved? IIRC his shows are not in the public domain.

[giantsfan2016]

Yeah. Them being archived online doesn't sound legal. Premiere Radio Networks (A division of iHeart Radio) owns the rights to the shows and they are the ones who distribute the shows to the various radio stations.

[shore72]

A great resource page-there is a companion for the 70's show:
http://www.philray.co.uk/alannicklin/80at40.html

Last time I checked you could hear shows 24/7 at iHeartradio but I no longer have the bookmark. They had a fairly limited number of shows that they repeat.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Yeah. Them being archived online doesn't sound legal. Premiere Radio Networks (A division of iHeart Radio) owns the rights to the shows and they are the ones who distribute the shows to the various radio stations.

A lot of the copyrighted material on the archive is questionable. The same could be said for most of the stuff found on sites like YouTube, whether it's infringing on one's copyright, or if the owner of said reproduced material claims fair use per the Copyright Act of 1976 and the DMCA. Then again, there's always people trying to protect their products, like when Nintendo wanted to sue publishers of unlicensed video game cartridges like Tengen and Camerica. Recording artists like Prince wanted all of his material removed from YouTube for violating copyright, as did the media conglomerate Viacom International, owner of cable channels MTV and Nickelodeon. Even Disney likes to sue for copyright infringement in many cases.

[TheFugitive]

The Internet Archive is maintained by the Library of Congress.
An argument could be made that it is the same as checking out a library book.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

The Internet Archive is maintained by the Library of Congress.
An argument could be made that it is the same as checking out a library book.

Lots of things are protected under fair use in that archive for that reason. They did, however, remove some material, such as magazines, due to copyright disputes.