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On Jun 10, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Gary Efron wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone know have any information about what music on the internet
does not require ASCAP fees?
I am no copyright expert, but under US copyright law, only songs first published and copyrighted before 1923 are for certain in the public domain, but it is considerably more complicate than that for other songs. It's best to assume that anything published after 1922 is still under copyright and cannot be used in any way without the consent of the copyright holder.
I highly recommend:
for all the gory details.
For songs published in the UK, the laws are different, and are summarized at:
Harmoniously,
Derek
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