# Is Classical Music copyrighted?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-classical-music-copyrighted/65990
**Category:** random
**Created:** [October 1, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-classical-music-copyrighted/65990 "2004-10-01T08:01:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@rysolag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rysolag)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-classical-music-copyrighted/65990/1 "2004-10-01T08:01:26Z")
Is music that was made 100 or 200 years ago copyrighted? Say Bach for instance.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-classical-music-copyrighted/65990/2 "2004-10-01T08:17:29Z")
the music itself isn’t BUT the recording is. Philhamonics and Labels own the rights to the reproduced music…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-classical-music-copyrighted/65990/3 "2004-10-01T09:12:27Z")
is there anyway around it?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2004, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-classical-music-copyrighted/65990/4 "2004-10-01T11:33:01Z")
Search, this was asked like two weeks ago.