Re: old music score question

On 11/24/98, Beverely Stafford <beverlyst[_at_]nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us> asked:
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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.

     You may photocopy it at will. You may keep or sell the photocopies. You may reprint the book and and remarket it if you want. It is utterly unprotected (Thank God!) by copyright law.

     Paul Heald
     Professor of Law, University of Georgia
     <heald[_at_]jd.lawsch.uga.edu>