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You under My Skin," "You Were Meant for Me," and "The Wedding of the Painted Doll."
The question of musical copyrights is involved. No artists are quite so thoroughly protected as present-day composers. Not only do musical copyrights exist in every civilized country, but musicians have strong professional organizations to see that these copyrights are observed, not only in their own land, but abroad. No portions, for example of the corps song of the Marines or any of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas may be used without the payment of royalties.
No music may be used without such payments except when it is said to be in the public domain, a phrase used with the same meaning for authors. It means that copyright restrictions on a piece of music have expired, and that it may be freely used without restriction and without pay. Roughly, most numbers, the composers of which have been dead fifty years or more, are in the public domain. Included are all the selections of such masters as Beethoven and Mozart, Tannhauser, and all the other operas of Richard Wagner. "The Blue Danube" waltz and every other composition of Johann Strauss, belong in the public domain.
Protection by copyright for writers and composers is akin to the patent granted an inventor. It reserves to him exclusively for a period of years all financial rewards accruing to each and everyone of his compositions which has this valuable legal protection.
In offering a new composition, composers must be certain that they have not accidentally simulated material already copyrighted. To protect against a con
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