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by Carolus
Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:45 am
Forum: Categorization / Standardization
Topic: What is IMSLP's definition of a collection?
Replies: 9
Views: 22298

Re: What is IMSLP's definition of a collection?

It really boils down to whether or not the items are intended to be performed as one unit or not, rather than opus numbers. Until late in Beethoven's lifetime, nearly everything except larger works (symphonies, operas, etc.) were issued in collections - even more so in Haydn and Mozart's day and bef...
by Carolus
Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:58 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: O sole mio
Replies: 6
Views: 15415

Re: O sole mio

Interesting case. No issue in the USA but Canada does present an issue so I expect these will need to go to the USA server until January 2023. The one issue not mentioned here is whether or not this transfer would be considered as a 'work made for hire' in the various locales were this legal concept...
by Carolus
Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:35 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: Piano reduction = urtext?
Replies: 2
Views: 9984

Re: Piano reduction = urtext?

That gets complicated sometimes. It really boils down to the question of whether or not the piano reduction is something more than a mere transcription of the bass line and the violin parts (plus some fill) into 2 staves or not. Lots of piano reductions of older music fall into this category and thu...
by Carolus
Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:31 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: Use of titles of (Disney) copyrighted material?
Replies: 1
Views: 11464

Re: Use of titles of (Disney) copyrighted material?

Names, titles and short phrases are not subject to copyright, but they might be subject to trademark claims.
by Carolus
Sat Nov 04, 2017 9:16 pm
Forum: IMSLP-US
Topic: What has happened to my submission?
Replies: 13
Views: 38314

Re: What has happened to my submission?

The ultimate objective is to have a page for every single work. Collection pages are simply pages for scans of printed volumes that contain more than one work. When there are arrangements and new editions of individual works found on a collection page they should be offloaded onto newly-created page...
by Carolus
Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:46 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Name change
Replies: 5
Views: 7674

Re: Name change

This cannot be done. Usernames are always capitalized. They also cannot be changed. Moreover, setting up multiple usernames is grounds for banning as it's a common tactic of spammers. For those with subscriptions, having more than one username is a near-guarantee of login problems.
by Carolus
Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:42 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: "I-Catalogue Numbers"
Replies: 1
Views: 6872

Re: "I-Catalogue Numbers"

It does not replace opus numbers or any extant cataloging system. It's purpose is strictly to handle cases where a composer has more than one work with an identical title - Vivaldi and composers of his era were especially prone to simply title everything with a generic "concerto" and the l...
by Carolus
Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:28 pm
Forum: Score Requests
Topic: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2
Replies: 2
Views: 6745

Re: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2

By Rachmaninoff's day, Jossuk's point is quite correct. Solo piano parts with cues were pretty much a thing of the past by 1910. Go back a century and it's a different story.
by Carolus
Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:26 pm
Forum: IMSLP-EU
Topic: Miraculous Mandarin copyright
Replies: 2
Views: 23245

Re: Miraculous Mandarin copyright

They're grasping at straws. The only possible case in which the copyright of the story might apply would be an actual ballet performance in which the basic outlines of Lengyel's story was followed. Even then the connection is very tenuous as Lengyel was not the choreographer, and the outline of the ...
by Carolus
Wed Aug 23, 2017 3:34 pm
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: is removal of certain editing features enough?
Replies: 8
Views: 13269

Re: is removal of certain editing features enough?

The manuscript added is the composer's actual holograph looking at the corresponding RISM record for it. So you now have all you need to determine what to remove.
by Carolus
Wed Aug 23, 2017 3:30 pm
Forum: PML-CA
Topic: The Trans-Pacific Partnership New Update
Replies: 4
Views: 33792

Re: The Trans-Pacific Partnership New Update

Unless yet another extension is passed, the 1923 items enter US public domain January 1, 2019 (publication + 95 years) and so on for each year thereafter.
by Carolus
Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:18 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: This is a little weird
Replies: 13
Views: 11356

Re: This is a little weird

As long as you can document a performance/broadcast, recording or "delivery" (likely meaning a contract for publication) more than 50 years ago, the work is eligible. Since he died after 1948, the rule in Canada gets stricter and items not meeting the above criteriae are eligible for Canad...
by Carolus
Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:48 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Help to identify a (copyrighted) edition of Scarborough Fair
Replies: 1
Views: 8251

Re: Help to identify a (copyrighted) edition of Scarborough Fair

The only thing I can tell you for sure is that it appears to have been done in Sibelius. Might narrow down the possible list a bit.
by Carolus
Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:41 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: Neuen Berlioz-Ausgabe
Replies: 5
Views: 12678

Re: Neuen Berlioz-Ausgabe

With critical editions it does not matter if the editor is alive or dead less than 50 years. Our voluntary rule is closely patterned on Germany's Section 70, which sets a term of 25 years from date of publication for such editions (literally "scientific editions" in their law). They are no...
by Carolus
Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:28 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: is removal of certain editing features enough?
Replies: 8
Views: 13269

Re: is removal of certain editing features enough?

Looking at the ca.1792 mss, it appears that Rust may well have included slurs, articulations and even fingerings (a little unusual). There is a good chance that a fair number of those in the score you're working on originate from the composer. Did you try looking to see if the sonata you're interest...