>> Is there a FAQ that discusses copyright issues? No, and the topic tends to be sharkbait.
I just discovered the Grove encyclopaedia has quite a good discussion of this. >> I would like to share/trade the tunes I collect, but most come from >> old books (not necessarily public domain). > The rule of thumb for printed music is that the copyright lasts for 50 > years after the composer's death. Unfortunately they stopped using thumbs as a unit of measurement some time ago - it really is much more complicated than that. For some material in books there is NO cutoff date. I have been quoted a recording licence fee for something published in the 1770s, and as far as I can tell the demand was legit in the circumstances. > I tried a google search but nothing obvious came up (those darned > lawywer ;) I once got paid to do some research on music intellectual property issues, by someone who had the price of a small house riding on the outcome. Which doesn't make me a lawyer but did make me understand why they don't come cheap. It looked like easy money but took a surprisingly long time. No way would you have found the answer on the Internet. =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
