[d at DCC] Copyright on movies (was Re: Fair use question)

[Wallace J.McLean]

>   When a recording falls into the public domain (movie or simply 
> the 
> recording of a performance) then there are some restrictions that 
> are 
> dropped, but you still can't play that "public domain" recording 
> of the 
> music on the radio or in a public place without compensating the 
> composer.

If copyright subsists in the composition, of course.