foldedspace.org — "It's a shame most people are unfamiliar with American Popular Music. It's great fun. It occurred to me today that a lot of this music is in the Public Domain — I could rip mp3s from my collection and post them. So I have. All mp3s in this entry are in the Public Domain — download and share!"
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disgruntleddaveJul 3, 2006
Ahh, Ben Selvin"I'm forever blowing bubbles, and bubbles is forever blowing me!"Ziiiiiiing
Closed AccountJul 3, 2006
UMMMMMMMMMMMMM this was remastered by RCA in 1991 which now hold copyrights for the REMASTERED song tracks. This poster could be in some trouble but I doubt any legal charges will result of their actions just a simple "please take down" notice. A second thing is these song aren't "GREAT" most of which have never been heard of.... are people digging this because of Kevin Rose posting this????? COME ON PEOPLE.
fohatJul 3, 2006
@jramosSir, I will have you know that Mr. John Phillips Sousa wrote perhaps one of the greatest marches in the entire history of marching music, a little ditty called "Liberty Bell" which just so happens to be the theme song to a little program known world wide as none other then "Monty Python's Flying Circus". I shall have to ask you to step outside!*sound of gunshot*What a sensless waste of human life...
computerdude33Jul 4, 2006
I found it purely because Kevin submitted it. Friends list, yay.
andyzwebJul 5, 2006
the point is who cares
cromerJul 5, 2006
Go into iTunes, click onto Podcasts and do a search for "Old Time Radio". There are a ton of free old radio programs and music on there that you can put on your iPod or burn...whatever. I like these two the best so far, "Radio Nostalgia Network X", and "Botar's Old Time Radio".
rabbitfighterJul 6, 2006
Kevmeister, I love you buddy but nothing recorded by man kind will be public domain until 2025 or something. The written music is PD, but the actual recordings have copyrights that far outlive the written work.
turtle502Jul 9, 2006
This stuff is great...public domain stuff is awesome. I use a lot of similar public domain stuff in my business, which produces slideshows out of clients' photographs. This early American music has that "silent movie" feel to it which fits nicely into our productions.
rabbitfighterJan 10, 2007
Wow, this was months ago. But I feel the need to chime in again. I reiterate that there are no sound recordings in the public domain. Written music is another story. If you want to perform and record your own versions of these songs and present them on a PowerPoint then you have every right to do that, but you can not use somebody Else's recording of that song. You can check out the link you posted to confirm. "No one can claim ownership of a song in the public domain, therefore public domain songs may be used by anyone. Sound recordings, however, are protected separately from musical compositions. " I understand that the first sentence may confuse you into thinking that there are songs in the PD, but the second sentence should be clear enough to set you straight.