Public+domain+music

= Copyright Laws and the Public Domain  = ==== **﻿ ** Authors own the exclusive rights to their compositions. This is called //copyright//, and the copyright is protected for many years--even if the copyright is never registered with the coypright office. All compositions which are not protected under copyright law are said to be in the //public domain.// If you can prove that a composition isin the public domain, you can arrange, reproduce, perform, record, or publish it. ====

For further information of copyright laws and the public domain, visit the following website [|PD info].