Royalty free (classical) music for soundtrack?

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I understand, that if recording is more than 50 years old, then there
is no copyright or royalty. So I am looking for old recordings, from
40's and 50's. Where can I find these?
 

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"Johan Lindberg" <joha_lind@yahoo.se> wrote in message
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> I understand, that if recording is more than 50 years old, then there
> is no copyright or royalty. So I am looking for old recordings, from
> 40's and 50's. Where can I find these?

Your understanding is incorrect.

Under current copyright law, copyright holds for a number of years after the
death of the author/artist - I can't remember if it's 50, 75 or 100 - it
seems to keep changing every time Mickey Mouse is due to expire...

You can see the details of the copyright law at the copyright office
website - I think it's www.copyright.gov
 
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"Johan Lindberg" <joha_lind@yahoo.se> wrote in message
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> I understand, that if recording is more than 50 years old, then there
> is no copyright or royalty. So I am looking for old recordings, from
> 40's and 50's. Where can I find these?
 

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> Your understanding is incorrect.
>
> Under current copyright law, copyright holds for a number of years after
the
> death of the author/artist - I can't remember if it's 50, 75 or 100 - it
> seems to keep changing every time Mickey Mouse is due to expire...
>
> You can see the details of the copyright law at the copyright office
> website - I think it's www.copyright.gov

I think it also depends on the area in which the author lived.

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"rIO" <rio@spittingpimps.org> wrote in message
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> > Your understanding is incorrect.
> >
> > Under current copyright law, copyright holds for a number of years after
> the
> > death of the author/artist - I can't remember if it's 50, 75 or 100 - it
> > seems to keep changing every time Mickey Mouse is due to expire...
> >
> > You can see the details of the copyright law at the copyright office
> > website - I think it's www.copyright.gov
>
> I think it also depends on the area in which the author lived.

It would depend on the country, but most countries are signatory to the
Berne convention, which is very similar to US law.