The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #20953   Message #3818405
Posted By: GUEST
05-Nov-16 - 05:57 PM
Thread Name: Copyright question: Carol of the Bells
Subject: RE: Copyright question: Carol of the Bells
The answer is simple. The English language "Christmasied" one everyone knows is copyrighted by virtue of the fact that the words are a rewrite with no bearing on the original. The Ukrainian Spring song original by Leontovych is in the public domain having been written in 1914.