![]() If you find the same song copyrighted by many different artists in an online song database, this usually means that the musical arrangement is copyrighted but the lyrics may not be. John or Alan Lomax) or by musicians recorded them or copyrighted their own adaptation of tradional lyrics. On the other hand, "traditional" songs are often copyrighted by the person who collected them (e.g. in the 19th century) are probably now in the public domain. As a rule of thumb, songs that were officially published more than a century ago (e.g. It is difficult to prove that a song is in the public domain unless it was previously copyrighted and the copyright expired. The actual arrangement & layout of the songs in the public domain is owned by the songbook publisher. In this case you are welcome to record these songs or reprint the lyrics freely as you long as you do not simply copy the songs out of the book. Songs in the public domain are indicated in Rise Again by a simple notice saying "Arr (c) 2015 Hal Leonard Corp." In Rise Up Singing there is no copyright notice under such songs.
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