I saw on a website about Copyrighted law. Is it true ?
2006-09-02 13:38:16 · 4 answers · asked by keoorg 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
No. Read up about copyright. Public domain is related to expiry of a copyright which normally happens a set amount of years after an artists death.
2006-09-02 13:40:46 · answer #1 · answered by JeffE 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends what you mean by "use."
Say you're a DJ. You can remix any song you want no matter when it was made for your own private use (as long as you paid for the original). You can play the remix for your friends, or at a private party. But you can't make copies of your remix and sell them or even give them out for free.
Another example: I'm a music teacher, and I can whip out my guitar and sing any song I want for my students. I can teach it to them by ear so they can sing it themselves. But, if it's copyrighted, I can't give out recordings to them, and I can't give them copies of the sheet music. I also can't arrange it for the school band and have them play it in a concert.
What I'm getting at is that there's a concept in copyright law called "fair use." Maybe this is what you were reading about.
2006-09-02 14:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by τεκνον θεου 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know how sometimes in television commercials depicting a birthday, they're not singing 'happy birthday to you'? that's because the fee to use the song, which was copyrighted by warner bros. in 1935, is well beyond the $1 million mark. so, the answer is a resounding no.
2006-09-02 13:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by aoisora05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Thanks to the Mickey Mouse Protection Act, copyright has been expanded to the life of the author plus 70 years in the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
2006-09-03 14:16:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋