It's 50 years after the original publication that the copyright for music runs out. I remember, back in the 60's, a popular folk song of the time (The Spinning Wheel - "Mellow the moonlight to shine is beginning....") came out of copyright and everyone included it in their song lists. Here's a good link that gives general guidelines for the UK. This will vary depending on the country involved, of course. It also makes the distinction between the music and the recordings made of it. http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/protect/p07_music_copyright There's also a bit of a murmur here about the copyright running out on the Beatles songs within a few years as well so get ready for that (Norwegian wood sounds quite nice on HG, doesn't it?). Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: Lauwers Pieter To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:50 AM Subject: RE: [HG] Music
Some of us might be on MySpace. Regarding copyright: most of the old Flemish tunes are free. I have a lot of them in PDF-format. I've been playing for some time with the idea of putting them somewhere on a site but I lack time and knowledge. Normally I would ask some help from my son-in-law to-be but he has a full time job looking in the eyes of my daughter. I will ask around about copyright issues at www.muziekmozaiek.be, the Flemish traditional music guild. T get a taste of it, look at http://members.home.nl/simonplantinga/hbc/ I don't know Simon Plantinga, but he put the entire "Hollantse Boerenlieties" (early 18th century country songs and contredanses from the low countries) in ABC- and PDF-format, respect!! Pieter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Sent: 10 April 2008 00:06 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG] Music As regards mug shots, I'm sure most of us have one on a web page somewhere (with or without our HG). I'm at www.ds-liverpool.co.uk which is a site I run for Down Syndrome in the UK (my son has that) but my mug is on it. I agree, it's nice to put a face to a name. Colin Hill. ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Trotter To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [HG] Music We discussed an index in San Antonio, and are very limited by the copyright issue. Some very popular tunes : Les Poules Huppees, Avant de s'en Aller, and that one about the Limosine Piper are copyright. Sometimes the tune isn't, but the publication is. Tread carefully, it would be useful to have a reference to composers and copyrights, but might not be worth the work for you. Re: mug shot I might be doing you a favor to suppress mine. On the other hand you might be able to look at my picture and feel a lot better about yourself. Roy On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Minstrel Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is most of the music copyright free, or public domain? After being part of this email strong, and knowing how busy everyboy is, I thought that in my spare time (sleep? Gave that up years ago) I could Make a central site for all of us. The idea would be to have a section of music, that we all coils access in a .PDF format. Also have active links on places doe supplies, festivals, when you all tell me the when and where, and I thought over time, the woes could get out. Were a small community, it might be nice to have a bio page, where we all can have a roster, email addis and a mug shot, would be fun Ewing whom I'm typing to ;) Just a thought, any advice, any interest? Sent from my iPhone *************************************************************** Your E-mail has been scanned against Potential Virus and Spyware/Grayware dangers by the MOD BE SECURITY SYSTEMS. This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal.
