Music is one of the types of work protected by copyright, which means only the creator has the right to copy, alter, distributed, or perform the music, or authorize others to do so.
Sound recordings are also protected, so any given recording can have many copyrightable elements: the tune and lyrics (together or separately), the arrangement or orchestration, and the particular performance.
Statutes of limitations apply to crimes or civil actions. However, Offenback died in 1880, his music would no longer be under copyright.
The owner of a copyright in music has the exclusive right to perform the work
A copyright protects original material (text, images, audio) recorded in a fixed format. There are two types of copyright, national and international. National copyright only protects original material produced within the country's borders. If your music was produced in the United States, then it is protected under US copyright laws, but not laws of other countries. International copyright, on the other hand, protects your music no matter where it was produced. A European artist can be protected by international copyright laws in the USA, for example.
The music industry relies on copyright protection to sustain itself.
copyright 1962 by Regent Music Corporation. copyright renewed by Jewel Music Publishing Co. Inc.
There is a widely held, but incorrect belief that copyright does not apply when the work has been published on the internet, or that it does not apply if there is no copyright notice on something. There is also a popular myth that you cannot be sued for copyright infringement if you don't make any money on the unauthorized copies you distribute.
maybe because it has really bad stuff in it or the music is copyright
The book has a copyright. The music has a copyright. The musical production has copyright. The movie has a copyright. The sound track has a copyright. Music not used in the movie has copyright. The play was first produced on Broadway in 1957, meaning it is copyrighted until 95 years later. The movie was produced in 1962 and has 95 years of copyright. The sound recordings of the music produced prior to 1973 have no federal copyright but are protected by state laws until 2067, not including those works that were also part of the 1962 dramatic audiovisual work, which are covered by federal copyright for 95 years.
There is no minimum age for copyright protection.
First, you do not need to apply for a copyright unless you plan to enforce it; your songs were copyrighted automatically the moment they were written on paper. The "music", if any, would have its own copyright once it is composed and recorded, whether it is put onto paper or not. In fact, each new sound recording of a new performance of the music is a slightly different "creation" and would have its own "sound recording" copyright, which is owned by the performers or producer.
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If a song is on iTunes, chances are that there is somebody who holds the copyright rights to the song. If a song is copyrighted by someone somewhere other than YouTube, then the copyright will still apply when the content becomes available and able to be viewed on YouTube.