Copyright and Other Restrictions
Missouri State is not aware of any U.S. copyright
protection or any other restrictions in the material in this
Collection, except as noted below. Users should keep in mind that
the University is providing access to these materials strictly
for educational and research purposes. The written permission of
the copyright owners and/or other rights holders (such as
publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution,
reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed
by fair use or other statutory exemptions.
The audio materials in this Collection were recorded by Mr. Max
F. Hunter and were subsequently given to the Springfield-Greene
County Public Library. We gratefully acknowledge the
Library’s permission to place these materials online.
We ask that researchers approach the materials in this collection
with respect for the culture and sensibilities of the people
whose lives, ideas, and creativity are documented here.
Researchers are also reminded that privacy and publicity rights
may pertain to certain uses of this material.
As is often the case with materials collected in the course of
ethnographic field research, it is difficult or impossible to
sufficiently identify specific tunes performed by participants,
which precludes performing a comprehensive assessment of the
copyright status of underlying musical rights in compositions. We
believe that most, if not all, of the works in this collection
are in the public domain. Users are reminded that they must make
their own assessment of copyrights or other rights (or absence of
such rights) in the context of their intended use.
The nature of historical archival collections means that
copyright or other information about restrictions may be
difficult or even impossible to determine. Whenever possible,
this site provides information about copyright owners and other
restrictions on the individual song pages. We provide this
information as a service to aid users in determining the
appropriate use of an item, but that determination ultimately
rests with the user.
It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or
other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing
materials found in this collection. Responsibility for making an
independent legal assessment of an item and securing any
necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to
use the item.
We are eager to hear from any copyright owners who are not
properly identified so that appropriate information may be
provided in the future.