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It is the reply from Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) to your e-mail dated on 22 February, 2010. According to Taiwan Copyright Act, the term of copyright protection of musical work is from completion of the work to the life of the author plus 50 years after the author’s death in general. Therefore, when the copyright term of a work has expired, anyone could use a public domain work without obtaining permission. As for your question concerning whether the children songs you mentioned have fallen within public domain, due to lack of related information, we are unable to provide you any information about it. We suggest you contact Taipei Music Organization (TEL：+886-0922-606-007) for your further inquiry. However, according to the information provided under their website, the inquiry will be charged for each song.Yours sincerely, Yuh-Ying ChangDirector of Copyright Division, Intellectual Property Office,Ministry of Economics Affairs, Republic of China