Yes, and there's a distinction between recording artists—or performers—and labels, and then the songwriters. They're not always the same people. Anne Murray, for example, in those early recordings of hers, was not the songwriter. She was the performer. The songwriter of those early performances is protected under copyright legislation for life, plus an additional 50 years in Canada and 70 years in other countries around the world. There's protection there for the songwriter, but the performer, Anne Murray and many others—you might even think of the Beatles and the fact that Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote those songs, not Ringo and George necessarily.... What we're focused on is protection for the performers on the master recording, and that's where there was a very significant risk, and an immediate one.
On June 2nd, 2015. See this statement in context.