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When copyright periods are described, they describe the amount of time after the author's death that the work remains copyrighted. Your music is your own while
by jemfinch 15y ago
When copyright periods are described, they describe the amount of time after the author's death that the work remains copyrighted. Your music is your own while you live with no limitations; this is about your estate and your inheritors deriving profit from your work, not about you.
- jessriedel 15y agoNo, not in this case. Composers and authors enjoy protection past their death, but this law refers to music performers. These are only protected for 50 years from the date they are created.
- jemfinch 15y agoAh, you seem to be right: http://www.openmusicarchive.org/faq.php http://www.openmusicarchive.org/faq.php
- notahacker 15y agoThis is important, as presumably you can't copy a recording with impunity if the musical composition is still under copyright (as with any songs written in the 1960s). If thats the case, it just means more people actually responsible for creating the recording get paid