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Hem. I'm not sure if Jonathan Irons is here to set any rules, etc, but probably to try and fix the relationship and build a ground on where the two parties can actually talk about things. I'm not sure he is here to debate anything. Unless you want their lawyers back with the 'correct wording' (whic...

Eternalsnows is correct about the nature of US copyright law, which is uses the date of first publication to determine copyright terms for all works published before 1978. There have been some amendments which have extended the term for pre-1978 publications to a term of 95 years from publication d...

Dover Edition had already published Schoenberg and Bartok, and others, under the old USA law (life +30 years if I remember correctly). When the new law came in, as I understand it, they negotiated with the original publishers so as not to have to withdraw their already-printed scores. No idea what ...

I've been following this discussion with interest, and for me the fundamental issue boils down to the following: What sheet music is copyrighted, in which country does it apply, and for how long? The whole copyright situation is obviously extraordinarily and unnecessarily complicated, but never mind...