Re: old music score question

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]attymail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 06:10:44 -0800

On 11/24/98, Beverly Stafford <beverlyst[_at_]nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us> wrote:
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> I have a question pertaining to music scores: our library has a score
> published in 1868, a Liszt transcription of an operatic piece. It is,
> as you might guess, falling apart and brittle. Can we photocopy this
> score and use the photocopy to circulate rather than the original?
> It is out of print and I haven't found it in any other collection.

As far as US law is concerned, it is in the public domain and you can do what you want with it. For a helpful guide on when works fall into the public domain, see Laura Gasaway's chart at:

   http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

BTW, what is the operatic piece?

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]attymail.com>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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