Watch Craig Chee Perform “Beautiful Dreamer” and Learn to Play Our ArrangementĬopyright is a complex area of law-let’s face it, the law is all pretty complicated-so take this overview as general information, not legal advice (which I’m in no position to provide under any circumstances). But what if you’re interested in something a little more recent? (On January 1, 2021, it will be 1925 songs that lose their protection, and so on.) Once copyrights have expired, you’re free to perform, record, and reuse a song without permission. The copyright protection for songs published in 1924 expired on January 1, 2020, putting some of the greatest ukulele tunes of all time, such as “Everybody Loves My Baby,” “Nobody’s Sweetheart Now,” and “It Had to Be You” in the public domain. This is very good news if you’re performing or recording gems like “Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey” (Hughie Cannon, 1902), “ Fascinating Rhythm” (George and Ira Gershwin, 1924) or “ Beautiful Dreamer” (Stephen Foster, 1862). Today, the length of that limited monopoly on a song is 95 years after its publication. Not forever, but for enough time that the creator could reap the rewards of their creation. The idea was to incentivize the creation and sharing of ideas by giving creators control of their intellectual property. To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries. Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8) giving Congress the power: That’s why he and his buddies in Philadelphia included the Intellectual Property clause in the U.S. President James Madison knew how important it was to protect songwriters. Unlimited Broadcast Audience: Television and Radio programs and advertising.Founding Father and U.S. Audiobooks, Software, Revenue generating podcasts, apps, and games. Unlimited copies of a download or physical end product.

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