I understand what Public Domain means Ben quite well. My point is that it's only a matter of financial issues that separates Public Domain from Copyrighted material. It has no artistic significance in that you're either performing a song you wrote, or a song someone else wrote. If they are going to allow you to post a song someone else wrote to compete in a category, then that should apply to ALL songs someone else wrote, not just the ones that you can record for free. Being free or not is not relevent in the contest.

Brian

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