[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > So can I put this into the FAQ ?
>
> Yes, of course!
ok, thanks.
>
> > > 3. In some countries, the same applies for editions. This could be
> >
> > Do you know what countries?
>
> I'm afraid not! I just read "some countries" in an article written by
> someone at the Performing Rights Society in a recorder players' magazine.
Do you have a bibliographical reference for that? A Month, year
combination ?
> > how do you find out
> > when an edition is printed? A lot of the sheet music I know does not
> > carry (c) signs.
>
> Odd. All the music I've ever seen has at least a printing date on it,
> even if it's as early as the 1900s. Maybe this is a difference between
> our countries. I don't see how they can expect you to honour a date-based
> copyright law if they don't put the date on the work.
Because works are copyrighted by default; It would be more difficult
to prove that a dateless is in the public domain. But I am not sure,
I am no lawyer.
> > Nitpicking: not the copyright is overriden (whatever they say, the >
> composers will continue to hold the copyright), but the copying >
> restrictions they impose on us.
>
> Good point.
>
> References - best one I know is the UK-based Performing Right Society,
OK. Put them into my bookmarks. I'll look at them later.
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