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PD-USA Only Composer Workpage Request
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PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING!

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Is the image the property of a library?

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by baroquecello » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:50 am
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CD sheet music

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by Nicholas Kaye-Smith » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:12 am
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Can a library claim copyright on unpublished holdings?

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by carmar1791 » Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:53 pm
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Uploading non-PD scores to a server where they are PD

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by Deinonychus » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:51 pm
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Volunteer for a One-Off Proofread of a Typeset Score?

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by GenericType » Sat Nov 15, 2025 8:38 am

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Issues on every Music Sheets edited by Gian Francesco Malipiero

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by jhbassoon » Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:25 pm

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Can I post this song without the English lyrics?

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by kosboot » Mon Nov 17, 2025 4:22 pm

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Copyright status

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Request to temporary unlock Green, Bud

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Request to temporarily unlock Eubie Blake

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Request to temporary unlock Baer, Abel

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Request to temporarily unlock Baer, Abel

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Carl Frühling Piano Quartet Op. 35

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by Sadrobotsings » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:09 pm

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Bartok’s Miraculous Mandarin: US copyright?

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by neben_hauptstimme » Sat Feb 01, 2025 1:27 pm

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PDF Metadata and margins

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Florence Price - The Oak

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Verification of PD-US status

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by daphnis » Sat Aug 09, 2025 12:41 pm

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Larry Shay: When You're Smiling

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by richardjs » Thu Aug 21, 2025 2:26 am

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Ferdinand Schubert, Requiem in G minor Op.9

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by coulonnus » Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:47 am

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Question on Onslow Quartets typset by Philar

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by swilliams002 » Fri Aug 08, 2025 12:49 am

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How do you create one entry for score and multiple parts

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by fm42 » Thu May 19, 2022 2:28 pm

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Minor editorial changes to 1843 work

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pdf protected (unprintable) despite item is public domain

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by grathan » Tue Nov 16, 2021 12:09 am

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Turning the Scan From Hell into something readable/printable?

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by Rob Peters » Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:55 pm

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Schumann Violin Concerto (FPE/Schott) - public domain?

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by Bhm » Wed Jun 04, 2025 5:53 am

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Request to temporarly unlock Gál, Hans

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by kosboot » Mon Jul 07, 2025 2:59 pm

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Copyright owner releases works into public domain

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by Sugiyo » Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:14 pm

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Scantailor Advanced

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Translator: Dawson Freer

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by goldberg988 » Tue Jun 17, 2025 7:18 pm

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Copyright and the Prokofiev Flute Sonata Op.94...

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by Florio » Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:57 am

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Using scores that are "n.d."

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by jonparks » Sat May 02, 2020 9:03 pm

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Using Photoscore to convert IMSLP's PDF files to notation

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by Starrmark » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:46 am

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Uploading files with CC-BY license

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Michael Haydn Cello Concerto Urtext/First edition

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by maestroukr » Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:53 am

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Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

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by Rogerg » Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:16 pm

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Submitting typeset for existing scan using Performance Restricted Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 1.0

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by daphnis » Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:58 pm

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Selecting a non-commercial license

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by daphnis » Tue Mar 11, 2025 8:36 pm

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Transnotation (organ tabulature to modern clefs) – creative activity?

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by hjo » Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:46 am

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Bruckner Symphony No. 9, finale (fragments only, ed. Phillips)

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Updated file still awaiting copyright review after 3 days?

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by Beak » Mon Feb 24, 2025 12:36 am

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Request to temporarily unlock: Magidson

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by kosboot » Mon Feb 17, 2025 7:22 pm

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Request to temporarily unlock: Warren

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by kosboot » Mon Feb 17, 2025 5:52 pm

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Request to temporarily unlock: Gillespie

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by kosboot » Mon Feb 17, 2025 5:50 pm

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Phil. B. Perry

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Neue Bach-Ausgabe and copyright/urtext

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Money, O! by Michael Head

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by sferguson » Tue Feb 11, 2025 7:56 pm

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Agitation Rag (Hampton, Robert)

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by piano78327 » Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:49 pm

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Copyright Review Status for "Ausgewählte Klavierwerke (Scriabin, Aleksandr)" Volumes 5 and 6

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by tempusfugit » Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:25 pm

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Chauncey Haines

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