The source video was not made available under a free license; however, the University of California, Berkeley, later published the performance under a Creative Commons license at https://youtube.com/watch?v=6un87wsu7Co?t=2395 (starts at 39:55).

Although ostensibly written in 1907, "Hail to California" was first published (or registered with the U.S. copyright office) in 1932. (See Catalog of Copyright Entries 1932 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 27 Pt 3 For the Year 1932 page 5899.) Arrangements for male quartet and band were subsequently copyrighted in 1940 and 1941, respectively (See Catalog of Copyright Entries 1940 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 35 Pt 3 For the Year 1940 page 1394 and Catalog of Copyright Entries 1941 Music New Series Vol 36 Pt 3 page 196). At the time, U.S. copyright law required renewal in the 28th year of publication; as neither the original composition nor either of the arrangements were renewed, the composition and arrangements are in the public domain.

Composition and lyrics

This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart and the copyright renewal logs. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. العربية ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

Performance