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Is this song copyrighted?

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:43 pm
by aaron1a12
I found this lovely little piece, "Core 'ngrato" composed by Salvatore Cardillo who died in 1947. I was thinking about making an arrangement of it myself for commercial purposes but was worried about the copyright. I know it extends 70 years after the death of the copyright holder, which would mean it's been in the public domain since 2017, but I am unsure if there can be other things that can hold the copyright further. For example, if a composer writes a song for a film, and 70 years later after his death would the copyright expire? Or will the studio hold the copyright? Would it never expire if the company never dissolves? :shock: Or will it expire when every person involved in the production of the piece dies and 70 years pass?