Description

There are instances where certain elements of a resource may be in the Public Domain, but other elements are not. This type of scenario is mostly prevalent with recorded media, such as film, video or audio recordings. An example of this would be the television program, The Beverly Hillbillies. Some of the show’s episodes are now in the public domain; however, the theme music is protected by copyright. One approach that some businesses have used in this situation is to remove the protected music and provide different, royalty-free music in its place. The most important point here is to do your research homework! More complete explanations of this type of copyright scenario can be found at Copyright.gov.