On 4 Sep 2005 at 10:17, John Howell wrote: > This graphic copyright has never existed in U.S. > law, which may explain why the reprint houses like Kalmus, Dover, and > Luck's are all located in the U.S. One can trademark a graphic such > as a recognizable logo, but not copyright it.
I don't quite understand the inclusion of Dover in that list. They are a very different operation. They sometimes reprint editions that are under copyright outside the US, and when they do so, they do it with permission (I assume that means they've made a financial arrangement of some sort). Anyone, even in European countries, can reprint the old Britkopf & Härtel complete editions done in the 19th century, and a lot of Dover's offerings come from those public domain sources. But Dover then adds enough new material to qualify their edition for independent copyright. I don't see the other reprint houses as being at all on the same level -- they add nothing, and reprint without permission, as long as it's not copyrighted in the US. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
