Klarinet Archive - Posting 000385.txt from 2002/06

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Copyright question
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:36:48 -0400

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Mark Gustavson wrote:

> The date of copyright is not important, it is the death of the composer that
> determines public domain.

In the US that is true only for works published after 1978. See
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/copyright/ for information.

IRT David's question; only a copyright lawyer can answer all the
questions, and even then it may be problematic. Works that would be PD in
the US may not be if they were originally published in other countries.
That is the reason some of the Internation books of excerpts were pulled;
the publisher applied US rules to material never published in the US.

> Mark
>
> HatNYC62@-----.com wrote:
>
> > I might have the opportunity to record the remainder of the Rubank "Concert
> > and Contest Collection" this summer. (Some of you know that I already
> > recorded the Bassi Nocturne from this collection.
> >
> > Most of the pieces in the collection have a 'copyright' of around 1947 or so.
> > But most of the works themself are much older and should be public domain.
> >
> > Here is my question: And please, no speculative answers! I need facts only.
> >
> > Will the label need to pay royalties if we don't refer to the finished
> > product as "Concert and Contest Collection?" And what if we do call it that?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > David Hattner, NYC
> > www.northbranchrecords.com
>
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