Music and Lyrics copyright laws
1. When you write music when do you have copyrights? When you buy the copyright and it is finalized that you can publish your work and it will not be stolen. Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.
2. How long do you have copyrights? The term of copyright for a particular work depends on several factors, including whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication.
3. What does having copyright to music or lyrics really mean? Copyright means authors own exclusive rights to their composition.
4. It may be protected for many years and can be sold transferred, or inherited.
5. In the US what is the current year for Public Domain music? 1/1/1978 life of longest surviving author +70 years. Works published from 1922 are now in public domain.
6. What is the difference between public domain and proof of public domain? Copyrights eventually expire and owner has no exclusive rights. Some composers give away their rights. All composition in which are not protected under copyright law are said to be public domain. If you can prove the composition is in public domain you can arrange, reproduce, perform, record, or publish it.
Rules for Copyright Music and Lyrics:
-you cannot reproduce the music or lyrics
-you cannot distribute the music or lyrics either for free, for no profit, or for profit
-you cannot perform the music or lyrics in public
-you cannot play a recording of the music or lyrics in public--even if you own the CD
-you cannot make a derivative work or arrangement for public use in any form
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