Public domain music

Public domain music

Music is in the public domain if like with any other work in the public domain:
*all rights have expired or
*the authors have explicitly put a work into the public domain
*there never were copyrights

Copyrights

For music the involved rights are:
*authors (composers, lyricists) - e.g. CISAC members, AR:SADAIC DE:GEMA GB:PRS US:SESAC BMI ASCAP
*performer
**mechanical rights e.g. BIEM members (mechanical rights collecting societies) AR:SADAIC DE:GEMA GB:MCPS US:HARRY-FOX
***BIEM is the international organisation representing mechanical rights societies. Mechanical rights societies exist in most countries. They license the reproduction of songs (including musical, literary and dramatic works). Their members are composers, authors and publishers and their clients are record companies and other users of recorded music. They also license mechanical aspects of the downloading of music via the Internet
**live performance DE:
*publisher e.g. IFPI members AR:CAPIF, US:RIAA

ources

Since a lot of 78rpm recordings were produced a very long time ago, they are a good source to obtain music free of IFPI and BIEM rights.

ee also

*List of public domain tangos
*Copyright Term Extension Act
* (not all pd)

* Copyright collective
* performance rights organisation

External links

*Sheet music
**http://www.mutopiaproject.org/index.html
**http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Sheet_Music_Project


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Public domain — This article is about public ownership of creative works. For use in relationship to public lands, see Public domain (land). For how the public domain applies to Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Public domain. Intellectual property law …   Wikipedia

  • Public-Domain — Inoffizielles Logo, welches gemeinfreies Material kennzeichnet Die Gemeinfreiheit bezeichnet alle Werke, welche keinem Urheberrecht mehr unterliegen oder ihm nie unterlegen haben. Das im angloamerikanischen Raum anzutreffende Public Domain ist… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Public-Domain-Software — Inoffizielles Logo, welches gemeinfreies Material kennzeichnet Die Gemeinfreiheit bezeichnet alle Werke, welche keinem Urheberrecht mehr unterliegen oder ihm nie unterlegen haben. Das im angloamerikanischen Raum anzutreffende Public Domain ist… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Public Domain — Inoffizielles Logo, welches gemeinfreies Material kennzeichnet Die Gemeinfreiheit bezeichnet alle Werke, welche keinem Urheberrecht mehr unterliegen oder ihm nie unterlegen haben. Das im angloamerikanischen Raum anzutreffende Public Domain ist… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Public Domain Software — Inoffizielles Logo, welches gemeinfreies Material kennzeichnet Die Gemeinfreiheit bezeichnet alle Werke, welche keinem Urheberrecht mehr unterliegen oder ihm nie unterlegen haben. Das im angloamerikanischen Raum anzutreffende Public Domain ist… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Public domain — Inoffizielles Logo, welches gemeinfreies Material kennzeichnet Die Gemeinfreiheit bezeichnet alle Werke, welche keinem Urheberrecht mehr unterliegen oder ihm nie unterlegen haben. Das im angloamerikanischen Raum anzutreffende Public Domain ist… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • public domain — public do·main / dō mān/ n 1: land owned directly by the government 2: the realm or status of property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to appropriation by anyone Merriam… …   Law dictionary

  • Choral Public Domain Library — URL http://www.cpdl.org/ Commercial? No Type of site Music score library Registration Optional (required for con …   Wikipedia

  • Choral Public Domain Library — Información general URL http://www.cpdl.org/ Comercial No …   Wikipedia Español

  • Music law — is used to describe the legal aspects of the music industry and certain legal aspects in other sectors of the entertainment industry. The music industry includes record labels, music publishers, merchandisers, the live events sector and of course …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”