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Based solely on the provided passages, I cannot determine the true copyright status of any single song listed in the document. The passages list song titles and writers [1][3][4][5], but they do not provide the specific copyright registration details, renewal dates, or current ownership for any individual composition.
The only copyright information given is for the entire collection, which is stated to be a work of the United States federal government and therefore in the public domain [2]. However, this blanket statement applies to the compilation itself, not necessarily to each individual song within it. Many of the listed songs have named writers (e.g., Luther G. Presley, J. R. Baxter, Jr.) [1][3][4], and the passages do not clarify whether those writers' contributions are also public domain or if they retain separate copyrights.
Therefore, as a legal consultant, I would immediately ask: (1) For each specific song, what is its original copyright registration number and date? (2) Was the copyright properly renewed if required under the law at the time? (3) Is there a separate chain of title or assignment for each writer's interest? This deeper inquiry is necessary because the…
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ers, H. Z. (Doc) Tanksley & Leon Beck. What love / Writers, Homer F. Morris & James Rowe. What love / Writers, Luther G. Presley & Alfred G. Townsend. What of your shadow? Writer, J. R. Baxter, Jr. What price? Writers, Carlos Barrentine & Eugene Wright. What rejoicing! Writer, H. H. Martin. What shall I do? Writers, Luther G. Presley & Fred C. Stamps. Spread the news / Writers, J. R. Baxter, Jr. & Thomas F. Johnson. What the world needs / Writer, J. D. Stone. What will your answer be? Writers, Jack Osborn & Jim Miller. What wonderful glory / Writers, Luther G. Presley & W. J. Edwards. What…
Title: Amazing Grace (Album) by Aretha Franklin ← Glory Special & 19618 other titles; musical compositions → A copyright registration by "Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. d.b.a. Stamps-Baxter Music." and "Bridge Building Music, Inc.", consisting of 41 parts. Document numbers V3432D859-V3432D899. Complete document is "V3432 D859-899 P1-1013" 286151 Glory Special & 19618 other titles; musical compositions D859 D860 D861 D862 D863 D864 D865 D866 D867 D868 D869 D870 D871 D872 D873 D874 D875 D876 D877 D878 D879 D880 D881 D882 D883 D884 D885 D886 D887 D888 D889 D890 D891 D892 D893 D894 D895…
sley. What a wonderful time 'twill be / Writer, Ellis Short, Jr. What a wonderful time 'twill be / Writer, Vonda Hester. What a wonderful, wonderful Lord / Writer, Albert E. Brumley. What a wonderful world / Writer, Luther G. Presley & Lester Williams. What a wonderful savior / Writers, W. W. Combs & B. B. Edmiaston. What about today? Writer, Belton Cobb. What about you? Writer, Clyde Williams. What about your soul? Writer, Roland J. Daniel. What are you worth? Writers, C. H. Culbreth & B. B. Edminaston. What are you making? Writer, L. D. Bassett. What could I do? Writer, Luther G. Presley.…
l world / Writer, Luther G. Presley & Lester Williams. What a wonderful Savior / Writers, W. W. Combs & B. B. Edmiaston. What about today? Writer, Belton Cobb. What about you? Writer, Clyde Williams. What about your soul? Writer, Roland J. Daniel. What are you worth / Writers, C. H. Culbreth & B. B. Edmiaston. What are you making? Writer, L. D. Bassett. What beautiful songs / Writers, Isaiah Smith & Urey S. Lindsey. What could I do? Writer, Luther G. Presley. What could I do without Him? Writer, James A. Black. What could we do? Writer, Luther G. Presley. Wjat could we do without Jesus?…
on. Where songs of love ring true / Writers, Luther G. Presley & H. R. Sharpe. Where the day never dies / Writers, B. B. Edmiaston & Dempsey Rainwater. Where the saints in glory dwell / Writers, Robert S. Craft & I. O. Henson. Where the thornless roses bloom / Writer, Allen Ramsey. Where would you spend your eternity? Writer, Luther G. Presley. Where you gonna hide? Writer, Fred Woodruff. While ages roll away / Writers, B. B. Edmiaston & Marjorie Meeks. While ages shall roll / Writers, Bryant Johnson & Kenneth Apple. While my Lord is passing by / Writers, J. R. Baxter, Jr. & O. A. Thomas.…
More questions about this book
- How do you reconcile the title "Amazing Grace (Album) by Aretha Franklin" with the detailed list of 41 other compositions and composers, and what does this discrepancy reveal about the likely subject of this registration?
- Explain the fundamental contradiction between this document being a "copyright registration by 'Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.'" and simultaneously declared "in the public domain... because it is a work of the United States federal government."
- If you had to describe the primary purpose of this specific copyright entry to a non-expert, what would you say it is registering or cataloging, and what are the implications of its "41 parts"?
- Considering the numerous individual compositions and their specific composers listed, what might be the underlying structure or compilation method that links these distinct works under a single registration, and how does this complicate the public domain claim?