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1) I will try to scan some of the book tomorrow so I can show you. I was just having a bit of a look around the public domain sites - do they painstakingly go through each piece and edition and then put them up on the web? 2) My AMEB syllabus doesn't give a lot of information about each piece, reall...

I think I am slowly beginning to understand. I was hoping to be able to get a bit of a sweeping idea as to the percentage of copy-able pieces but as you have put it, there are just so many considerations on every piece and what edition it is. For instance, I have a Schubert book at home that was pub...

Well, that's the thing. I'm not sure which pieces I would need.
So it really is on a piece by piece basis? No one can say "All of Mozart pieces are public domain", for example?

How does editor and publisher change things? I'm trying to get a clearer view, thank you very much

Thank you for your speedy reply. This is still surrounded by confusion for me, unfortunately. Say, I want to photocopy/download my pieces which I wish to play for my AMEB exam...it does state in the front that you can use photocopied/downloaded music as long as you have all the correct permissions/i...

Hi there, I'm new to all of this and trying to get my head around the copyright of a piece. I'm in Australia - I don't know if that makes any difference or not :) I want to photocopy/download music. I know that for it to be eligible (I have been in contact with APRA) the composer has to be dead for ...