On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:57 PM, John Howell <[email protected]> wrote:
> If, indeed, a company that does not actually own either the manuscripts > themselves or a copyright in those manuscripts created microfiches from > them, it triggers still other questions: Do those copies constitute a > modern publication? (My understanding is that facsimiles are not considered > new editions and therefore cannot be copyrighted, but I could be wrong.) > And were the copies created with the permission (and perhaps under > contractual obligations) of the actual owner. Yeah, this is why copyright > attorneys get the big bucks! I asked the music reference librarian at the NYPL about this. Saur Verlag does not own copyright on the music as far as the NYPL is concerned and U.S. law) because the music is public domain and you can't copyright a photographic reproduction of the manuscript. Thanks. Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
