THE source for copyright information.
The campus source for answers to your copyright questions.
Works in the public domain or with a creative commons license.
The purpose of this project is to make universally available information about U.S. music copyright infringement cases from the mid-nineteenth century forward.
From Hofstra University
The Basics of Getting Permission HT Stanford University Libraries
As the creator of a musical work, your creation is protected by copyright:
1. If it is a work of original creation.
2. If it is in a fixed format, so that it can be read, seen or heard.
3. If the work shows at least a minimum level of creativity.
As the owner of your creation, you enjoy some exclusive rights, easy to remember using the acronym RAP Triple D
R – reproduction
A – adaptation (derivative works)
P – PUBLIC Performance
D – Distribution
D – Display
D – Digital transmission
G.R. Little Library
Elizabeth City State University
