If you have ever been in an elevator, sitting in a doctor’s waiting room, or walking through a mall, you have no doubt heard some music playing softly over the speakers. Sometimes it is a well-known song that you can’t put your finger on. Maybe it is something traditional or classical, or just a very old tune that even your grandmother would know. That kind of music is public domain.
The term “public domain” is used to refer to music (and other art forms) that can be used freely by anyone for any purpose. A song that is not public domain cannot be used by you on your website or your blog. A song that is not public domain cannot be sung by a wedding singer or strummed on your guitar for profit. When you use a song that belongs to someone else, you have to pay them.
A lot of people choose to ignore the legal aspects of downloading music, but if you want to do it ethically and legally, you can download public domain music. There are a lot of places to do this. All you have to do to get your hands on the pie is look for listings of places where you can download public domain music as well as other pieces of artistic expression such as audiobooks, graphics, and software.
One of the nice things about public domain work is that once you download it and alter it in any way, it is yours. By altering the music or book, you have created a new piece of art which can require others to pay you royalties. In this way, if you download public domain music, you can use other’s original work (and a little of your own) to create a product that you can sell for profit.
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If you have been using the internet for awhile, you are well aware that there are some fast and loose rules regarding the rights of authors, musicians, and artists. It seems that people share music and movies,