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Copyright questions

Author: Ed Lowry  Date:   2014-03-06 09:05 I posted these questions on the thread related to bass clarinet parts, but making a new subject seems to make ore sense. I know there's been copyright discussions before, but I don't think these questions have been answered, and they've been on my mind for some time. 1. I know that in general, if a work was produced before 1923, it is no longer protected by US copyright. Yet I have many pieces written in the 1800s with copyrights attached, e.g. Schumann Fantasiestucke (Verlag, copyright 1986), Weber, 7 Variations (Peters, copyright 1964) just to name two. Am I violating US copyright law by making xerox copies and distributing them? Or, for that matter, playing them in public without permission of the copyright "owner"? Perhaps I need to cross out all editing done by the publisher, and then copy it? 2. On a related, but different question, what about works produced behind the "Iron Curtain" which, if I understand correctly, could not be copyrighted under US laws for many years? Now that we've resolved our issues with the Soviet Union, etc. can I reproduce and play them with impunity, at least in the US, or can they now be copyrighted? .... had I paid more attention in my patents and copyright law school classes, I might know the answers to these questions ... if there are any certain answers!

Topics	Author	Date
Copyright questions	Ed Lowry	2014-03-06 09:05
Re: Copyright questions  new	tictactux	2014-03-06 12:40
Re: Copyright questions  new	kdk	2014-03-06 18:33
Re: Copyright questions  new	Bruno	2014-03-06 16:06
Re: Copyright questions  new	Mark Charette	2014-03-06 17:03
Re: Copyright questions  new	Ed Lowry	2014-03-07 02:59

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