Klarinet Archive - Posting 000345.txt from 2006/08

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] "new" older clarinet music
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:12:13 -0400

Bill Foss wrote:
> Also, Mark, the pieces are 50 years old and have no record or either
> being copyrighted or published.

You don't have "to copyright" something, you gain copyright
automatically as a creator (although it may be worth registering that
copyright in order to help protect it). If Kilford Neely wrote the
pieces, the copyright belongs to him (or his estate), unless he did
something to sign it away. The age of the piece is not relevant: it's
the period of time since the composer's death that matters.

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