Klarinet Archive - Posting 000006.txt from 2009/12

From: Michael Nichols <mrn.clarinet@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The Clarinet Institute
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:40:33 -0500

I practice copyright law. It's 1923. Anything first published before
1923 is public domain in the U.S. For anything first published after
1923, it's much more complicated.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu> wrote:
> David Schorr is the founder of the Clarinet Institute and a good friend o=
f
> mine. =A0His day job is as a lawyer with the Los Angeles County District
> Attorney's Office.
>
> http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1449334_1?channel=3DLP
>
> 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 compo=
sed
> and published long before 1921. =A0It is either 1921 or 1923 (can't remem=
ber
> for sure) which most people use as a rule of thumb to determine if some w=
ork
> which has been around for a while is in the public domain in the U.S. =A0=
More
> recent works and more recently published old works may also be in the pub=
lic
> 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, althou=
gh
>> 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? =A0I 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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