â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 25, 2017. Yeah, so, why did he like that subtweet of the Grinchâs tiny heart? Does he think anything Christmas-related, no matter how tangential, must be fought for at all costs? Would he have liked a picture of Tim Allen in The Santa Clause? What about a still from Die Hard?
If the Copyright Office has no confirmation that a composer or song-writer is still living and it has been 75 years since the first copyright protection order was granted, or 100 years since the recognized creation date of the piece, it becomes public domain.
1 The name of the song on a public domain music list. 2  Any piece of music with no copyright date that looks very old and has been ripped from a book that also has no copyright dates.  A photocopy of a piece of sheet music from an unknown source, even if it has a Public Domain copyright date.