Liquidsolidus9000
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I understand that the copyrights on most classical pieces has expired, but performances of these pieces often have copyright of their own. I'm curious if a Midi File of a classical piece would be ok?
Copyrights on Classical Music
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unknown_user0004
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MIDI of the original piece would be fine.
Classical music is a nightmare on YouTube though, as it'll often get incorrectly flagged as a particular performance that's still under copyright. I'd avoid classical, to be honest :-(
Classical music is a nightmare on YouTube though, as it'll often get incorrectly flagged as a particular performance that's still under copyright. I'd avoid classical, to be honest :-(
Tarmack
Rhetorical Porcupine
The only issue I see with the midi side is that technically it's still a performance and thus copyrighted by whoever put together the midi file. It's extremely unlikely that they are part of the ContentID system though.[DOUBLEPOST=1377700552,1377700224][/DOUBLEPOST]
Not exactly. The rule you're referring to first of all is only specific to some countries. It's also 70 years from the author's death, not from the creation of the piece.
Then there was the Copyright Term Extension Act or Mickey Mouse Protection Act as it was known, which adds more time on to the end, etc. It's actually ridiculously complicated and can only be looked at on a case by case basis. The majority of classical music though is so far beyond these timeframes that it's not worth being concerned about, but that really only applies to the sheet music that anyone can play. A previously made recording of a performance is copyrighted itself as though it was a new piece. >.<
Not exactly. The rule you're referring to first of all is only specific to some countries. It's also 70 years from the author's death, not from the creation of the piece.
Then there was the Copyright Term Extension Act or Mickey Mouse Protection Act as it was known, which adds more time on to the end, etc. It's actually ridiculously complicated and can only be looked at on a case by case basis. The majority of classical music though is so far beyond these timeframes that it's not worth being concerned about, but that really only applies to the sheet music that anyone can play. A previously made recording of a performance is copyrighted itself as though it was a new piece. >.<