Now that copyright is the same in Aust as it is in USA the 70 years refers to the first published date and then also the Author's date of death.auntisocial wrote:I can tell you that VEOH deleted one of my videos the other day citing that it a violation of copyright infringment when I had neither changed the music, nor sold it anyone.
Also, when I did "Aces High" I used a song that was written prior to 1923 and is "technically" not subject to copyright law. I found it in public domain recordings. I also had written permission from the person who recorded it to use it. They also sent this written permission to Lucasfilms and Lucasfilms wouldn't touch it. They made me replace the soundtrack with in-game music. So, it's definitely a complicated subject.
I will be checking out the SmartSound stuff.
Aunti
If the author is still alive then it's not public domain yet.
This is how I understand it.