There are several copyrights on musical performances. The song is copyrighted, of course, but the singer is also "copyrighted" in his/her own right. No photos or video can be sold or published without his/her consent.
The original poem and musical setting are in the public domain, but certain arrangements and performances are still protected.
Virtually all recordings are protected by copyright, and all contemporary music. Older works (prior to 1923 in the US) may not be protected, but arrangements, adaptations, performances, and recordings of it would be.
Edward Cutler has written: 'The law of musical and dramatic copyright'
Movie scripts are protected by copyright law. You can purchase scripts from Amazon.com
Copyright law protect original work. Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, architectural and certain other intellectual works.
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Copyright law is a federal law, granted in the Constitution.
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Malaysia's copyright law is Act 332, the Copyright Law of 1987. More information can be found at the link below.
Virtually all computer musical pieces were produced post 1978. This means their copyrights are not due to expire for 70 years past the death of the author/composer. The only exceptions would be performances created as "work-for-hire" which have a term of either 95 years past publication or 125 years post creation, whichever is shorter.
Current Australian copyright law is the Copyright Act 1968 as amended, particularly by the Copyright Amendment Act 2006. It is heavily influenced by British copyright law and aligns with the Berne convention. In general, it protects literary, musical, artistic, and dramatic works, as well as sound recordings, films, broadcasts, and published editions. Copyright owners (normally the creator of the work) have the exclusive rights to copy, publish, perform, and alter the work, and to "make it available" or "communicate it to the public."
No. Copyright is federal law.