2009/8/6 Graham Percival <[email protected]>: >> True, but we haven't invented new copyright pieces for classical, >> Gregorian chant, etc. > > Those aren't covered by copyright.
And I gave numerous examples of pop songs that are not covered by copyright, and there are lots more. >> I would have thought it better to have a >> recognisable pop song on the web site if we can. Elvis Presley might >> not exactly be current, but he was certainly popular! > > I don't think that any of his songs would become available until > 2050 or so -- assuming the big media companies don't extend > copyright again in a few years. As I said originally, Elvis Presley's hit "Wooden Heart" is *already* public domain. It was a cover of a German folk song that goes back to at least 1827. The English words are not public domain, but (conveniently) Presley sang a verse of the German original which *is*. So we could perfectly well obey copyright law by giving a couple of bars of the German verse. "Muß i' denn, muß i' denn, zum Städtele hinaus", Presley public-domainly sang. It would be different if we were posting his recording or that arrangement, but the song itself and the German lyric shouldn't be a copyright issue. >> Or we could go back to earlier pop: "She was poor but she was honest..." ;-) > > If that's a reference to my "let's obey copyright law, even if we > have poorer examples", then yes. If that's a reference to a > pre-1926 pop song, then it obviously went over my head. :) It's a pre-1926 pop song (probably -- certainly pre-1930). Music Hall, composer unknown. Probably best known for the verse "It's the same the 'ole world over / ain't it just a bloomin' shame, / it's the rich what gets the pleasure / it's the poor what gets the blame." -- Tim Rowe _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
