1924 was a good year
The Afterglow has already found the best of 1924
MUSIC is part of the public domain
This site says it all. I wish publicdomain4u.com was mentioned.
1927 WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN
1927 was a good year for the recordings! January 1 is the day all the copyrights created in 95 year ago expire. The record machine which is older was invented to the betterment of mankind. Music spreads like a disease, but doesn’t kill. Records became the great equaliser. Musicians from all over the world learn techniques and music from records. Because most of the modern records. music could be spread by” listening only” in an era that required reading to master music. It’s as significant as the -0s and 1s of digitized world, These records , which are portable and available to anyone who had functioning ears. So i think 1927 was so important. This became the end of this practice with hit records not songs.
MINECRAFT AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
“The End Poem” the end of the game when and if you kill the dragon, was placed in the public domain by Julian Gough via twitter. Public domain is tricky .The placing of anything in the public domain requires the artist to place the work in the public domain As it turns out Julian had no contract with Microsoft or the game’s owner about the poem and contributed it to the public forever. Public Domain made this possible because of contracts Irene had to use an alias to record. You can hear Blake’s vocals in the background.
St. Louis raised Irene Scruggs’ amazing vocals come alive in ” Married Man Blues.” Scruggs blends beautifully with the strumming of Blind Blake’s guitar in this 1930 recording that was never released on 78. Known for her alluring voice and raunchy/sexy blues sensibilities, her voice tunes with the music in such a way that you just feel her passion. Scruggs is a definite female blues recording artist that time has proven worthy Enjoy 🙂
EXACTLY, WHAT IS PUBLIC DOMAIN MUSIC? WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
Before the copyright
intellectual property was preserved by common law. Then the copyright concept allowed one to own the intellectual property they created. The copyright developed its own lengths for protection and who, what, and when the copyright can vest are ever changing issues. There was even an international agreement about this issue.
Public domain traces its roots to the copyright movement when the printers in Europe introduced concept of ownership of an idea or intellectual property. Copyright law was one of the first laws passed in the U.S. in 1790. When the copyright expires, the work enters the public domain.
What actually happens
There is noone with a copyright to enforce. So you are on your own. A correct use of this public use should not have anyone trying to enforce the copyright. Of course the person (usually a publisher) who has collected monies on behalf of the copyright hates you, Free use is the last thing to encourage, and will still try to collect on this earning copyright. The music composition has two copyrights one covering the composition and another covering the sound recording. They are referred to as the circle “p” and the circle “c.” They represent the both of the copyrights in musical compositions. So after you are convinced the music use is what is yours by law, please don’t expect anyone to inform you. If the intellectual property is in the public domain, no one will have standing to enforce anything.
So i recommend doing your own research
as to whether the intellectual property is in the public domain. This research will help as a precursor to a potential challenge to your use.
Once you have ascertained the music was in the public domain
use it for what ever you want and wait for no one to enforce the copyright,
One rule of thumb,
In any country music made before 1923 is in the public domain.
Fortunately for music
the phonograph had been in invented years before.
This is an example of a song in the public domain by virtue of the date. 1923
PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE LACK OF COPYRIGHT IN A MUSIC COMPOSITION.
This song was recorded and published in 1923. It was a hit, obviously putting this work in the public domain by several years, I worked backwards from this precursor of jukebox, the Multiphone, which is how I started this search. The dated lyrics are not very “politically correct” these days. Here’s the latest tech of the that time:
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