Legalities: Public Domain, Music Libraries and Necessary Rights

When materials are no longer copyrighted due to the passage of time or relinquished rights by the copyright holder, the material enters....

• the renewal process.

• the public domain.

• the private sector.

• the sunken place.

You work for Get Lit Productions Co. and they have various types and styles of music to choose from to use in the productions you all create. What is this called?

• music library

• public domain

• musically

• catalog

DaBaby did a concert at the Albany Civic Center and he allowed the attendees to use their phones to record or go live during his performance.

What kind of rights is this?

• rerecording rights

• broadcasting rights

• recording rights

• synchronization rights

Every work created prior to ____ is in the public domain.

Get Lit Productions Co. has a contract for their music library to use as often as they'd like without additional fees. What type of contract is this?

• lease

• buy-out

• needle-drop

• rerecording rights

Every work created from _____ to _____ that does not appear with a copyright notice is in the public domain.

• 1923-1963

• 1923-1965

• 1923-1977

• 1978-March 1, 1989

Get Lit Productions found a song to use that was created from 1923-1963 and it is in the public domain because...

• does not appear with a copyright notice.

• doesn't have a copyright notice AND has not had subsequent copyright registration

• the author and co-author are dead.

• it has not had a copyright renewal.

The song "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers was created in 1977 and he died in 2020, how many years will it be before 'Lovely Day' will enter the public domain?

After a person dies, a work has ____ years before it enters the public domain.

• 25

• 80

• 70

• 50

Plural Arts Productions LLC. has a music library, however, they only have a specified number of music downloads they can use from he company's website.

What type of contract is this?

• buy-out

• lease

• needle-drop

• flat out