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Jan 3, 2024 · Songs by the likes of Cole Porter, The Threepenny Opera, Ma Rainey and more have now entered the public domain.
Jan 4, 2024 · From 1928’s Steamboat Willie, to Cole Porter, to Virginia Wolfe, 2024 marks the end of many iconic creative works’ copyright protection
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films.
"Do I Love You?" "Friendship" ”Give Him the Ooh-La-La” "Katie Went To Haiti" "Well, Did You Evah!" Panama Hattie (1940 stage musical) ”Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please” ”I've Still Got My Health” You’ll Never Get Rich (1941 film) "Dream Dancing" "So Near And Yet So Far" Let’s Face It! (1941 stage musical) "Ace in the Hole ...
- Multilayered Works
- Public Domain Works That Are Modified
- Works Protected by Trademark Law
- Works Protected in Other Countries
- Compilations
- Works First Published Outside The U.S.
Works such as movies or sound recordings may contain many underlying works, such as musical sound tracks, painted illustrations, or other works. There has been a disturbing trend by some copyright owners to assert protection in an element of a public domain work. For example, the film It’s a Wonderful Lifefell into the public domain because of a fa...
Modifications to a public domain work may be protected by copyright and cannot be used without permission. A famous example used in many copyright classes is the artist who paints an elaborate hat and mustache on the Mona Lisa. Even though anyone is free to copy the image of the Mona Lisa, the modified image (with mustache and hat) is protected und...
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It is possible that a work may not be protected by copyright, but is still protected by trademark laws.
Before 1978, most countries had different periods of copyright protection than the United States. As a result, many works that are public domain in the United States are still protected by copyright in foreign countries and vice versa. Therefore, you may have to research public domain status in each country in which you plan to publish your work.
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Often an author creates a work by selecting various public domain components and grouping them together. If the selection, coordination, and arrangement of the material is unique, it will be protected as a copyrightable compilation.
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The copyrights of some works first published outside the United States have been resurrected, removing them from the public domain. As a result of international treaties signed in the 1990s, public domain works that meet certain qualifications are now protected. (For a detailed discussion, see The Copyright Handbook, by Stephen Fishman (Nolo).)
- Richard Stim
Jan 3, 2024 · The lyrics and music to Cole Porter’s "Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)" which featured the musical Paris were published in 1928 and will be free for anyone to perform, record, or interpolate into their own song, although later recordings by Eartha Kitt, Lady Gaga, and others are still copyrighted.
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In the era of Cole Porter and his contemporaries, songs were often not copyrighted until years after first performed. To place a song into an historical perspective, I've included additional dates. If a song was used in a stage or film production, there is a performance date ("Per.").
