When, in response to Johannes' comment;
Just out of curiosity, I am currently wondering whether a printed edition from 1978 in the US is still under copyright (for the printed edtion, not for the piece itself, which is from the 19th century)?
Dr. Howell writes,
If it carries a copyright notice, it is.
my own personal experience prompts me to disagree. I own copies of two editions of the same item, one in the public domain in the U.S. by virtue of its age, the other a published, with a copyright notice from the early 1980's. A note by note, expression by expression comparison of the two editions shows that the copyright notice from the 1980's is most likely fraudulent, as the only difference between the two editions is the name of the "arranger" below the name of the original composer. I do not mean to suggest that this was a common practice, but I do mean to suggest that, in the case of older works, it may be prudent to take the time and effort to verify that the claim of copyright notice is, in fact, legitmately made.
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