Public domain music

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Music is in the public domain if like with any other work in the public domain:

  • all rights have expired or
  • the authors have explicitly put a work into the public domain
  • there never were copyrights

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[edit] Copyrights

For music the involved rights are:

  • authors (composers, lyricists) - e.g. CISAC members, AR:SADAIC DE:GEMA GB:PRS US:SESAC BMI ASCAP
  • performer
    • mechanical rights e.g. BIEM members (mechanical rights collecting societies) AR:SADAIC DE:GEMA GB:MCPS US:HARRY-FOX
      • BIEM is the international organisation representing mechanical rights societies. Mechanical rights societies exist in most countries. They license the reproduction of songs (including musical, literary and dramatic works). Their members are composers, authors and publishers and their clients are record companies and other users of recorded music. They also license mechanical aspects of the downloading of music via the Internet
    • live performance DE:de:GVL
  • publisher e.g. IFPI members AR:CAPIF, US:RIAA

[edit] Sources

Since a lot of 78rpm recordings were produced a very long time ago, they are a good source to obtain music free of IFPI and BIEM rights.

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[edit] External links

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International standard numbers and codes
standard registration authority
ISO 2108 International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
ISO 3297 International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
ISO 15706 International Standard Audiovisual Number (ISAN) ISAN-IA by ISO
ISO 15707 International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC) CISAC
ISO 10957 International Standard Music Number (ISMN)
ISO 3901 International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) IFPI by ISO
DIS 21047 International Standard Text Code (ISTC)
Project 27729 International Standard Party Identifier (ISPI)
CAE/IPI SUISA by CISAC
related topics
Performance rights organisation BIEM


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