Klarinet Archive - Posting 000524.txt from 2001/01

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Australasian, and (S) American Folk/Public Domain music
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:36:48 -0500

> The WORDS are not an issue if you use only the music
> on a recording. Further, unless a NEW copyright was
> taken out when the last verse was added, the words are
> also out of copyright. It should be really easy to
> find out by querying Library Of Congress.

I thought I made that distinction clear. The LOC many (most?) times does not have the information on whether or not a copyright was renewed (as was required to maintain the older copyrights).

> --- Mark Charette <charette@-----.org> wrote:
...
> > So - the tune isn't copyrighted, but there's the
> > possibility of the last verse still being under
> > copyright ...

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