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Would it be legal to credit an original song to “traditional”?
Suppose I write a song which, as far as I know, is original and not derived from any other work. I record it and credit the composition to “traditional” rather than myself.
Assume I never claim ...
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Copyright transcription of public domain music?
Can I copyright my transcription of, say, a public domain Mozart symphony for brass quintet?
I downloaded a public domain PDF of a Mozart symphony. I used the musical content from the PDF and created ...
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Is the Scarborough Fair Melody Really in the Public Domain?
According to Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scarborough-Fair-Melody.png
the melody to the tune Scarborough Fair (which had been popularized in the 1960s by Simon and ...
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Can I use public domain MIDI files commercially? [closed]
Lets say I made professional music with the hope of selling them from public domain MIDI files. The files would have been modified slightly with the notes arranged slightly differently. Would that be ...
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Copyright of a children's song with no author or date information
As a follow-up on Copyright of children's folklore songs, artist A wants to use the melody of "Five little ducks". The song is not on the list of public domain songs. A sound recording ...
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Copyright of children's folklore songs
Suppose artist A wanted to include a song to the tune of a children's nursery rhyme, such as Pretty Little Dutch Girl. This song was written in the 1940s, so if the composer was Australian, it would ...
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Using a public domain opera, recorded by someone else, in a parody
I found a YouTube video of a public domain opera, and I want to use the sound portion in a musical parody. I will only use parts of it, alter it dramatically, and wish to claim "Fair Use." Is it ...
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copyrighted midi files vs public domain midi files under public domain or creative commons
Here's a scenario. Let's say I use the public domain midi files to make professionally produced sheet music/tablature for teaching purposes.
I know I can sell these because I can do whatever with ...
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Is all ORIGINAL VERSION classical sheet music in the public domain?
I know that copyright of any musical composition expires 70 years after a composer's death.
Does this apply to written forms of such music, like sheet music?
I find many pieces of classical sheet ...
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