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His works are in the EU public domain (life + 70 years) since 2024: https://imslp.org/wiki/First_Regiment_Grand_March_(Perry%2C_Phil._B.) https://imslp.org/wiki/I_Need_Thee_Every_Hour_(Perry%2C_Phil._B.) https://imslp.org/wiki/O_Happy_Day_(Perry%2C_Phil._B.) https://imslp.org/wiki/Scottish_Band_Marc...

The piece is in the public domain in life + 70 countries (EU):
https://imslp.org/wiki/Agitation_Rag_(H ... 2C_Robert)

DBMiller wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 5:44 pm The movie organist, Chauncey Haines Jr. (1899-1981), was the son of the composer, Chauncey Haines (1872-1954).

That means his works are definitely in the public domain in life + 70 years countries.

Chauncey Haines’s first composition is from 1899 (see grainger.de), so it cannot be this Chauncey Haines.

In other cases (when the work is due to enter the public domain in its country of origin earlier than the term of life + 70 years), all EU countries apply the RoST Doesn’t that contradict with what you just said: “only when the work was first published in the US”? Does that mean that RoST only appl...

Correct, since the composer died in 1974, the composer is still copyrighted in all Life + 70 countries. That’s 11 countries (out of 27 EU countries) that do not apply the rule of the shorter term. Isn’t it misleading to say that the works are “in the EU public domain in most countries” or even: “Al...

Yes; in general, Grace M. Bolen's compositions which were published in 1928 or earlier (and beginning on January 1, 2025, in 1929) are in the public domain in the USA, and under the EU Rule of the Shorter Term, are also in the EU public domain in most countries. You can read more about the RoST her...

ScoreUpdater wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2024 10:19 am Information added, thank you.

You probably have to update this as well:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Latonia_Rag_(Donaldson%2C_Leon)

Which page does this appear in? Both composers composed many pieces; does this template appear in a certain workpage? Here is a complete list, please check it out: https://imslp.org/wiki/Alabama_Slide_(Johnson%2C_Charles_Leslie) https://imslp.org/wiki/All_the_Money_(Johnson%2C_Charles_Leslie) https...

According to data found on ancestry websites:
Born: 29 July 1884 in Paris, Missouri
Death: March 1960 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Donaldson,_Leon

Does the rule of the shorter term also apply for EU countries here?

https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Bolen,_Grace_M.

See:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Johnson,_Charles_Leslie
https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Wenrich,_Percy

There are a lot of pages with that template.

Shouldn’t this be removed then?

Charles L. Johnson (died in 1950) and Percy Wenrich (died in 1952) are in the public domain in the EU (except Spain?).

However any works that were first published before 1929 can be uploaded to the USA server or if there are works that have no renewals on them published between 1929-1963. Since the copyright term expired in the country of origin quite a long time ago, are the compositions confirmed to be in the pub...