Am 28.08.2015 um 13:24 schrieb B~M:
Dear Rob thanks so much for your help and all the others that helped
with my
little questions. Thanks also for pointing out potential copyright
issues.
On this point, perhaps you can educate me. I've transposed several
works Hindemith
wrote for Violin to Viola (studies mostly). Is that a breach of
copyright ?
Further, if I take a piece like the Milhaud I posted and I edit it
with fingerings and
minor changes etc, is that also a breach ? I guess these are complex
questions
for lawyers.
As far as I can see, it’s not really so complicated, at least within the
EU and as long as no more complicated law constructs are involved. There
is some good overview information on imslp.org.
But with Hindemith and Milhaud you can be almost certain that their
works are under copyright fairly everywhere, and that also means that
you may not make arrangements (unless they remain entirely private)
without permission from the respective copyright owner. At least in the
EU, this is also fairly independent of what may be printed on the sheet
music: such constructs as ‘Copyright renewed…’ are valid in the USA, but
not in the EU.
I don’t give any guarantee on the reliability of this information, but
I’ve read the respective German law myself (which is equivalent to that
of any EU member, IIUC) and unless there are some really foul hidden
loopholes, there’s only these two rules:
– copyright on the actual content is until the 70th year after the
author’s death is over. E.g. with Milhaud (who died in 1974), his works
will all enter public domain in the EU on 1st January, 2045. Note that
if more than one author has been involved (e.g. lyricist), the latest of
these dates is relevant.
– scholarly editions as well as first editions are under copyright for
25 years after publication.
– There’s some uncertainty as to whether there is a 40-year term during
which the _layout_ of the score is protected under copyright. For what I
know, this is not the case, but there are different opinions (so that’s
where a lawyer could help :-))
HTH, Simon
In any case I best be careful with this issues.
Paul
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:09 AM, Robert Schmaus
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Paul,
I forgot two more remarks:
1) great ponding!
2) you should be careful with sending potentially copyrighted
material in a list. Not sure if this applies here, but ...
Best, Rob
______
Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
-- /Flannery O'Connor/
On 27 Aug 2015, at 09:53, B~M <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dear ALL, I have a long trill in a little viola piece by Milhaud
which Ive attached.
The trill continues over two full bars, 27 and 28.
What I would like to do is add in a change go bow, (an up bow)
but half way through the trill
in 28. Is it somehow possible to do this by specifying the bow
direction with X Y coordinates etc ?
Paul
<MilhaudCalifornienne-JM.pdf>
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