Editing Tom Lehrer (section)

=== All songs in the public domain ===
In October 2020, Lehrer transferred the music and lyrics for all songs he had ever written into the [[public domain]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanderson |first=David |date=October 22, 2020 |title=Copyright-busting website is invitation to have a laugh with Tom Lehrer |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/copyright-busting-website-is-invitation-to-have-a-laugh-with-tom-lehrer-k99b6b9gh |access-date=October 22, 2020 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022101502/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/copyright-busting-website-is-invitation-to-have-a-laugh-with-tom-lehrer-k99b6b9gh |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Satirist Tom Lehrer has put his songs into the public domain | first=Justin | last=Ho | work=Marketplace | date=October 21, 2020 | url=https://www.marketplace.org/2020/10/21/satirist-tom-lehrer-put-his-songs-into-public-domain/ | access-date=October 25, 2020 | archive-date=October 24, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024223019/https://www.marketplace.org/2020/10/21/satirist-tom-lehrer-put-his-songs-into-public-domain/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2022, he formally relinquished the copyright and performing/recording rights on his songs, making all music and lyrics composed by him free for anyone to use, and established a website from which all of his recordings and printable copies of all of his songs could be downloaded.<ref name="songs">{{Cite web |url=https://tomlehrersongs.com/ |title=Tom Lehrer Songs |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=November 1, 2022 |language=en-us |publisher=Tom Lehrer |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101152524/https://tomlehrersongs.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His statement releasing all his works into the public domain concludes with this note: "This website will be shut down at some date in the not too distant future, so if you want to download anything, don't wait too long."<ref name="songs" />