Copyright question
  • JoAnna
    Posts: 29
    If I print copies of music in the public domain, do I have to note somewhere on the music that it's public domain or list the origin of the music?
  • PaxMelodious
    Posts: 443
    No. It's public domain, you can do what you want with it.

    However make sure that all of the musical arrangement, the words, and the laid-out score are all public domain. The latter especially: if something has been printed recently, them the copyright on that layout still applies even if the ones on the material don't.

    (Disclaimer: not legal advice, I'm not a lawyer - and it all depends on the copyright laws in your country anyways.)
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  • Richard MixRichard Mix
    Posts: 2,801
    British music engravers did successfully lobby for protection, but US law only protects originality. There are plenty of other venues to get copyright information; I wonder how many on this forum have day jobs as lawyers?
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