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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 162744, member: 55&quot;]Believe?&nbsp; Of course not; I can see that tongue-in-cheek a mile away.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Just agreeing and expanding.</p><p>I&#039;ve mostly researched music copyrights; they are certainly complex, but in general it is safe to say that any music published before 1930 is now in the public domain - in the United States.&nbsp;&nbsp; Later than that, there are research tools (see Harry Fox, a music rights clearance agency, among others) to check as to whether the copyrights have been appropriately renewed, or whether a particular arrangement of a work has been copyrighted after 1930.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Scott Joplin&#039;s &quot;Maple Leaf Rag&quot; is now public domain; Stefan Grossman&#039;s arrangement of it is not.</p><p>In many countries the copyright extends 70 years after the death of the author.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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