Klarinet Archive - Posting 000901.txt from 1999/11

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Asking for Help from the list
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:35:32 -0500

If you hand-copy a piece which is already in Public Domain, there is no
problem at all. It is xeroxing the actual printed edition which is
illegal. However, an ARRANGEMENT is the property of the arranger
and if that arrangement in still covered (I think it is up to 70 years
after the arranger's death), you are in violation of copyright laws.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On 23 Nov 1999 charette@-----.org wrote:

> Kevin,
> A fine point that I haven't been able to clear up to my satisfaction:
> Taking for instance a version of the Mozart Concerto piano reduction;
> The notes of the concerto are in the public domain; are the notes of the piano reduction (and the dynamics, etc.) in the public domain?
>
> I'm deliberately separating the printed version from the notes; in other words, if I were to transcribe the written music myself and, say, place the result of my efforts (in a printable form but _not_ a photocopy of the reduction) in a public place with full rights to recopy, would I be in violation of the copyright of the printed music?
>
> The same goes with many of the studies and etudes; the current printed form is in horrible shape (the plates were bad years back but keep getting handed down to the next publisher) - if I transcribed those notes and "republished" them, would I be in violation?
>
> I'm not looking for legal advice, of course, nor could you offer any via this venue - just an educated opinion.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark C.
>
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