On 5:34 Uhr John Howell wrote:
That is actually not surprising at all. Because U.S. copyright law was based on date of first publication, and most European law was based on the lifetime of the composer, a great many works were in copyright in Europe but in the public domain in the U.S. Not a grey area at all, just a matter of geography.
In Europe there is also a copyright of the engraving itself, which I understand is not possible in the US. In Europe it is simply illegal to reprint an engraved page as long as it is in copyright (75 years?). It makes no difference whether it contains any editorial additions at all.
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