A local group wants me to record some songs for them. It would be a (very) small distribution, but I haven't done it because I think some of the songs would be copyrighted. Anyway I decided to check on some of them. How do you go about it? I picked "Kevin Barry" which I had doubts about - I never recall seeing an author attributed to it but wasn't sure. A search at BMI and Harry Fox turned up all kinds of hits, including the Clancy Brothers. What gives - I know they didn't write it! How do you definitively find out the status of a song? Sorry if this question has been asked before - I'm sure it has but I couldn't find it.