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FAQ, by Craig Latta Craig.Latta@NetJam.ORG with numerous
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2.2) How does copyright work? (Music composition)
From Nathan Torkington <gnat@kauri.vuw.ac.nz>:
The copyright laws will depend on the country you are in. In
general, it is safe to select books whose authors/editors died more
than 74 years ago. Some things to beware of are:
- missing copyright notices. In any country that has signed the
Berne Convention agreement about copyright, there doesn't need
to be a copyright notice. Simply publishing the work is enough.
- facsimile editions. In general the actual copied music isn't
under a new copyright, but any commentary/annotation is.
- collections. If someone collects music and publishes it, they
may be able to have a collection copyright for the whole
collection.
- editors. Editors who rearrange, transpose or otherwise change
the text have a new copyright on the new work.
- audio editions. Actual audio music has a different copyright
lifetime than sheet music.
Discussion on copyright issues should not take place on
rec.music.compose, but should be directed to the copyright mailing
list (to join, send mail to listserv@cni.org).
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