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...except that it IS called the INTERNATIONAL music score library project... therefore copyright laws of all countries should be observed. No. And in any event, how do you do that when "all countries" have contradictory copyright laws? There are countries which have "domaine public p...

I think the easiest way to accommodate the request from UE is to remove authors listed in the letter, no more no less. No work that is in the public domain under the law of the relevant country — Canada — should be removed. Not one. ...except that it IS called the INTERNATIONAL music score library ...

it seems that the no-brainer in this situation is to REMOVE ALL COMPOSERS born after 1860; these seem to be the ones UE (and other publishers... people, this is going to be like the Hydra if they manage to beat the UE cease and desist) is having problems with. That way NO countries' public domain la...