Should classical music be in the public domain?
I mean the old stuff that’s older than 80 years or whatever, where the original composer is long dead. Surely it’s a part of their country’s culture and should be free to all. Granted you might have to pay for a tape or CD that contains it, but it should also be available as mp3 on the internet, what do you think?
I’m actually looking for Dance Macabre, I’ve never seen it on vynil at car boot sales and everywhere I find it on the internet is for money, I would like it but not have to subscribe to some music download site with my credit card or pay through the nose for some collector’s edition LP.
Classical music by the great composers of the past IS in the public domain, it’s the contemporary productions of those great works that is under some form of copyright law.
Some tunes by songwriters and composers of the past eighty to 100 years are still covered by copyright because the composers’ heirs have kept the copyrights updated. This is perfectly legal and legitimate.
In response to your additional details. Many fairly recent works of music are NOT YET available for download. This has to do with the publishers and other licensing entities and their LAYWYERS!
Perhaps the publishers do not consider the hoops they’d have to jump through to get the music on line and downloadable for a fee is worth the hassle.
I’ve tried finding downloads of pop music classics from the past 40 years, and those artists are just not “out there”. I had to buy an entire CD for just one song!
[AUSTRALIAN ANTHEM SYMPHONIC REMIX w/ MP3] Hardbeat Acolyte – Hymn of the Australian Republic
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