You probably know about Mutopia's page on copyright. Their rule of
thumb is:
1. The composer, lyricist, arranger and editor all must have
been dead for more than seventy years.
2. The work must have been published prior to 1923.
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/contribute.html
In Canada, it's 50 years after the death of the relevant people.
In many (all?) jurisdictions, a published music manuscript - the
layout, fonts, etc. - is considered artwork, and hence falls under
copyright law, regardless of whether or not the music itself is
in the public domain.
My
Mike Blackstock wrote:
In Canada, it's 50 years after the death of the relevant people.
In many (all?) jurisdictions, a published music manuscript - the
layout, fonts, etc. - is considered artwork, and hence falls under
copyright law, regardless of whether or not the music itself is
in the
Copyright question:
I can find folk (or traditional) songs (or dances) from
many countries in Eastern Western Europe
a) in printed publications (from Kammen, Mel Bay, others);
b) in midi files available on the Internet.
In many cases, actually verifying the composition date is not easy.
