Re: old music score question

On 24 Nov 1998, Beverly Stafford <beverlyst[_at_]nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us> wrote:
>
> 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.

Copy at will-copyright must have expired long since. Liszt died last century didn't he?

IMO, The copying would be covered by fair use any way, and as a library, since you can't source it elsewhere, would also be permitted particularly-as I understand the US position. There's been occasional threads on this topic here and on other lists-the archives would probably give you chapter and verse.

But if you get sued, don't blame me :-)

Simon Minahan
<sminahan[_at_]bigpond.com> Received on Thu Nov 26 1998 - 00:18:26 GMT