Copyrighted/non copyrighted music

Copyright refers to the exclusive right of the author/creator of artistic property (such as books, movies, musical composition) to print, sell, copy, license, distribute, transform, record, perform or otherwise use that property. As soon as it is created and is in a tangible form (such as writing or taping) the work automatically has federal copyright protection. Any distributed/published work should be attached stating the word copyright with the name of the creator, and the date of copyright. Copyrights cover the following: literary, musical and dramatic works, periodicals, maps, works of art, art reproductions, sculptural works, technical drawings, photographs, prints , movies and other audiovisual works, Not subject to copyright are short phrases, titles, extemporaneous speeches or live unrecorded performances, common information, government publications, mere ideas, and seditious, obscene, libelous and fraudulent work. For any work created from 1978 to date a copyright is good for the author's life, plus 50 years, After that it falls into the public domain. Many, but not all, countries recognize international copyrights under the "Universal Copyright Convention".