<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sound recording and reproduction">Sound recordings</a> are granted U.S. federal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright" id="mwARY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Copyright">copyright</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonogram_Convention" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Phonogram Convention">protection</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States#Duration_of_copyright" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Copyright law of the United States">for the first time</a>.