EddyG

To Copyright or not copyright by EddyG

Posted on December 11, 2007

How do you find out who owns the copyright on various poems and rhymes?
I would like to do some poem posters but want to use popular children’s rhymes-not being clever enough to make up my own!
eg “ten little monkeys jumping on the bed”
or “Mary had a litle lamb”
Any books I have that feature these rhymes only copyright the pics (or seem to) What do you think I should do? Are they public domain? Surely someone origionally wrote them.

  • Crockpot

    Crockpot

    LOL… you have to do searches. Try:
    www.copyright.gov

    You’ll find that many things are public domain – especially if they’re really old.
    Good luck! :)

  • EddyG

    EddyG

    Thanks Crocky I’ll give that a go.

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