Klarinet Archive - Posting 000005.txt from 2009/12

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Clarinet Institute
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:32:03 -0500

David Schorr is the founder of the Clarinet Institute and a good
friend of mine. His day job is as a lawyer with the Los Angeles
County District Attorney's Office.

http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1449334_1?channel=LP

I haven't looked at his page holding sheet music for a while now but
the last time I did it was clear that his offerings are scans of
pieces composed and published long before 1921. It is either 1921 or
1923 (can't remember for sure) which most people use as a rule of
thumb to determine if some work which has been around for a while is
in the public domain in the U.S. More recent works and more recently
published old works may also be in the public domain, but the
1921/1923 date offers a good baseline.

Oliver

At 07:17 PM 12/1/2009, you wrote:
>Hello Clarinetists,
>
>I recently came across a website for The Clarinet Institute, which
>says it has sheet music for clarinet works that are in the public
>domain, although the viewer is asked to agree it is his/her duty to
>verify public domain status when downloading.
>
>Does anyone know anything or have any views about the organization,
>including whether the sheet music on the site is really in the
>public domain? I wouldn't want to deprive a copyright holder or
>musician-transcriptionist of an opportunity to make a living.
>
>Thank you very much,
>
>Matthew Dineen
>
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