{"id":1104,"date":"2021-01-14T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T15:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2025-09-02T08:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:22:45","slug":"public-domain-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/public-domain-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Domain Music – What Is It and Should You Use It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s be honest with ourselves for a second. As creatives, we really don’t enjoy getting bogged down by all-things copyright. We hate anything that acts as a barrier between us and achieving our creative goal. Understanding the seemingly tangled and very confusing web of copyrighted music is one of those big barriers. It’s a topic that may make you roll your eyes or tune out or run for the hills.<\/p>\n

But here at Artlist, we know it doesn’t\u00a0have<\/em>\u00a0to be like this. We’re here to break things down in a simple, effective way that’ll help you understand the laws and copyrights of music once and for all.<\/p>\n

Often, in most discussions about copyrights, you’ll find the term ‘public domain music’ cropping up again and again – an effective way to sidestep any copyright issues, apparently. But what exactly is public domain music? It can save you time, money and a lot of headaches, so it’s well worth understanding.<\/p>\n

A common misconception is that public domain music is the same as music under the Creative Commons license. It’s not. A few common beliefs are:<\/p>\n