Earlier today I asked a question about where to get free beats I can rap to, and I was recommended to get livewire. Well I did but now I don't know how to tell if I can use the beats I find because I don't know whether they are copyrighted or not. Can you please tell me how I can know?
2006-11-03 17:16:28 · 4 answers · asked by Harhar2930902 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
If you didn't create it, it is probably copyrighted.
2006-11-03 17:24:52 · answer #1 · answered by fuzzyglowcar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know what an MJ is, but when the tune (composition and lyrics) was once written within the USA seeing that 1988 then it was once mechanically copyrighted (for ninety five years or 70 years after MJ's dying), and if it was once released within the USA previous to that, with correct copyright become aware of, then it was once copyrighted for no less than 28 years (previous to 1963) or ninety five years, or 70 years after MJs dying, relying upon what yr. In different international locations it was once copyrighted for 70 years after MJs dying (despite the fact that a couple of are 50 years or eighty years). Unpublished compositions previous to 1978 have retroactive copyright of as much as one hundred twenty years, or (on this case) 70 years after MJs dying, whether or not or no longer he owns the rights or they have got been transferred. Each and each recording of a efficiency of that song has its OWN copyright and length, once more relying upon precisely wherein and while it was once created and released. Recordings released (or unpublished) previous to 1972, for example, haven't any US federal copyright in any respect -- most effective state copyright. The standard rule is that, beneath US regulation, there's no recorded song that's NOT copyrighted, with the feasible minor exception for works of the US executive and works released with out correct copyright become aware of among 1972 and 1989, and with out being registered within the US Copyright Office.
2016-09-01 06:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well check the artist of the song go to there website adn see what they have for copyrighting laws on there stuff... honestly try to contact any producer and or studio and see what they would recommend it may just be easier
2006-11-03 17:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check if the song is part of a CD or album.
If they sell it, they are copyrighted.
2006-11-03 17:28:13 · answer #4 · answered by Lovelin B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋