Impeachment is on everyone’s mind as well it should be.
There are two important documents in the public domain.
Here are links to both:
https://intelligence.house.gov/report/
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/02/784183484/read-republican-report-on-the-impeachment-inquiry
In 1972 The Honeydrippers recorded “Impeach The President.” Seems Tyrone Brown brought this song to the present with some contemporary graphics. This song makes the past the present.
So far this year there has been much written and published about the Public Domain. The concept of copyright expiration for the good of mankind has been around since the advent of copyright protection. This might be an old concept, but it has only come to being this year in the U.S. There have been many articles. This is a good one, about why and what comes into public ownership this year, so the public can use or enjoy the content without copyright restrictions. I try to make some of this music known. I’ve become interested in the roots of rock and roll, the Delta Blues. Son House, born in 1902. He was in his 20s when his songs were recorded by Alan Lomax.
Son House was discovered and promoted as a young man by reigning Delta Blues king, Charley Patton. House’s style would greatly influence Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, and later Bonnie Raitt, John Hammond, Jr. and The White Stripes. Released in 1930, the 78 RPM vinyl of “Clarksdale Moan” was long considered a “Holy Grail” of lost blues recordings. Here’s an mp3 from an original copy found by an ecstatic collector in the 1990’s. An absolute treasure.
Shakespeare’s contribution to the Public Domain that should be acknowledged. William Shakespeare is a great example of the value of public domain.
His works written in the English language in the16th and 17th centuries are considered some of the best dramas, comedies and tragedies ever written. These writings have been adapted and performed by many throughout the world, owing no copyright payments for the use. Eric M. Johnson did the world a service with his website. Open Source Shakespeare was a thesis for a masters program at George Mason University. It’s all Shakespeare all the time. I just love the great search capabilities, This is a Public Domain Treasure Trove!
Shakespeare’s contribution to the Public Domain should be acknowledged. William Shakespeare is a great example of the value of public domain.
I first heard a Theremin used in rock music by Rev. Paul Jackson of The Uptones. The instrument was easy to record, but you looked lame playing it. Not much later I saw Aron Mardo not looking lame using this all electronic instrument in an inspired performance with his brother in their band Mardo. I fell in love with the unlimited possibilities of this electronic instrument. As I looked further, into this instrument’s roots, I also found some Public Domain music using all electronic music instruments. As you guessed, it wasn’t made before 1925, it was made in 1960 in a no-copyright-law USSR! This video features Russian Thereminist Konstantin Kovalsky, performing with Vyacheslav Mescherin’s ensemble of electro-musical instruments. I find this a mind-boggling display of electronic instruments. Konstantin makes the theremin sound almost human in his solo. I found this video fascinating.
This is a contribution to the Public Domain that should be acknowledged. William Shakespeare is a great example of the value of public domain.
His works written in the English language in the 16th and 17th centuries are considered some of the best dramas ever written. These writings have been adapted and performed by many throughout the world owing no copyright payments for the use. Eric M Johnson did the world a service with his website. Open Source Shakespeare was a thesis for a master’s program at George Mason University It’s all Shakespeare, all the time. I just love the great search capabilities. This is a Public Domain Treasure Trove!
