Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
The 1994 law included "restored copyright" for many works
in the public domain. It's a minefield for composers.
I concede that the issue of "restored copyright" has caused problems for
composers, but for the most part, unless one is dealing with material
from the former Soviet Union, or from countries in its sphere of
influence, "restored copyright" provisions do not constitute a major
issue, as the number of affected composers and affected works is
relatively small. Further, the Copyright Office statement was made in a
couple of years into the current decade, and suggests that if one is
interested in a published text published between 1923 and 1977, that it
might be well worth checking to see if in fact the item is still in
copyright.
ns
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