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Veramet: /* Which Hymns Are Public Domain? */

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‎Which Hymns Are Public Domain?

Veramet: /* What is an official copyright notice? */

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‎What is an official copyright notice?

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Veramet: /* HymnWiki Notes */

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‎HymnWiki Notes

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‎HymnWiki Notes

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Veramet: /* Which Hymns Are Public Domain? */

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‎Which Hymns Are Public Domain?

Veramet: /* Which Hymns Are Public Domain? */

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‎Which Hymns Are Public Domain?

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 ==Which Hymns Are Public Domain?==
 * Generally, a hymn is in the public domain if it was published on or before 1922.
 * If a hymnal was published before 1 January 1978 without a legal copyright notice, it is possibly considered public domain (see the bullets below for more information).
 ** Note that contributions to collective works need not have the notice to retain the copyright if the collection itself has the copyright notice (however, according to the U.S. Copyright Office, for the works at hand, "If the owner of the collective work is not the same as the owner of an individual contribution that does not bear its own notice, the contribution is considered to bear an erroneous notice.")<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080625205107/http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html (see  Visually Perceptible Copies and Contributions to Collective Works)</ref>.

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 * Copyright 1955 John Smith
 * Copr. 1955 J. H. Smith
 ==HymnWiki Notes==

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 * Generally, a hymn is in the public domain if it was published on or before 1922.
 * If a hymnal was published before 1 January 1978 without a legal copyright notice, it is possibly considered public domain (see the bullets below for more information).
-** Note that contributions to collective works need not have the notice to retain the copyright if the collection itself has the copyright notice (however, according to the U.S. Copyright Office, for the works at hand, "If the owner of the collective work is not the same as the owner of an individual contribution that does not bear its own notice, the contribution is considered to bear an erroneous notice.")<ref>http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html (see  Visually Perceptible Copies and Contributions to Collective Works)</ref>.
+** Note that contributions to collective works need not have the notice to retain the copyright if the collection itself has the copyright notice (however, according to the U.S. Copyright Office, for the works at hand, "If the owner of the collective work is not the same as the owner of an individual contribution that does not bear its own notice, the contribution is considered to bear an erroneous notice.")<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080625205107/http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html (see  Visually Perceptible Copies and Contributions to Collective Works)</ref>.
-*** Note also that future editions of compilations need not have the same copyright tag (they are required to have the year and name or something like that.<ref>http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html (See Use of the Copyright Notice - last paragraph)</ref>).  So, this is really only useful for first editions, unless you're an expert on all the editions before the one at hand.
+*** Note also that future editions of compilations need not have the same copyright tag (they are required to have the year and name or something like that.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080625205107/http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ03.html (See Use of the Copyright Notice - last paragraph)</ref>).  So, this is really only useful for first editions, unless you're an expert on all the editions before the one at hand.
 * Items published after 1 March 1989 do not need this notice to retain a copyright.
 * Items published between 1 January 1978 and 1 March 1989 without the notice may or may not have had their copyrights restored (depending on whether the omission was fixed).  Be 100% sure you have the rights to do so before posting anything.

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 ==HymnWiki Notes==
 * Unless otherwise noted, content labeled public domain on this website only refers to public domain content in the United States, with the exception being that the creator of the work released it to the public domain generally.  Works in other countries may have different copyright laws.
-* If an item says it is public domain under a sheet music heading, this refers to the file as well as what it represents (i.e. the score). If you only wish to say that the work is public domain (and not necessarily the file), please specify this under the tune and/or lyrics headings.
+* If an item says it is public domain under a sheet music heading, this refers to the file as well as what it represents (i.e. the score). If you only wish to say that the score is public domain (and not necessarily the file), please specify this under the tune and/or lyrics headings.
 ** Please specify the license of any files you upload.

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 ==HymnWiki Notes==
 * Unless otherwise noted, content labeled public domain on this website only refers to public domain content in the United States, with the exception being that the creator of the work released it to the public domain generally.  Works in other countries may have different copyright laws.
-* If an item says it is public domain under a sheet music heading, this refers to the file as well as what it represents (i.e. the score). If you only wish to say that the work is public domain, please specify this under the tune and/or lyrics headings.
+* If an item says it is public domain under a sheet music heading, this refers to the file as well as what it represents (i.e. the score). If you only wish to say that the work is public domain (and not necessarily the file), please specify this under the tune and/or lyrics headings.
 ==References==