Comments on: What You Get and What You Give: Permission and Compensation for Setting a Text https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/what-you-get-and-what-you-give-permission-and-compensation-for-setting-a-text/ Supporting the sounds of tomorrow. We envision a thriving, connected, and equitable ecosystem for new music across the United States. Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: JON CORELIS https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/what-you-get-and-what-you-give-permission-and-compensation-for-setting-a-text/#comment-988 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:38:56 +0000 https://newmusicusa.wpengine.com/?p=369077#comment-988 I am not a lawyer, but I am a published poet and performed songwriter, and on the basis of my experience as such I’ll comment that I wish more people would realize that:

– The English translation of a poem or of song lyrics which in the original language are in the public domain cannot be assumed to be in the public domain.

– If a poem or song appears on a web site with the author’s or composer’s name but without a copyright notice, it cannot be assumed to be in the public domain.

– If a poem or song appears on a web site without the author’s or composer’s name, it cannot be assumed to be in the public domain.

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