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Ussachevsky Piece for Tape Recorder

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:59 am
by justforplaying
Page: https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ussachevsky,_Vladimir
This work is published in 1956 by America Composer Alliance (https://composers.com/composers/vladimi ... e-recorder, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008874356, https://www.worldcat.org/title/6692974)
Checked CCE as well: https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebr ... LES_PAGE=Y
There is only 1 renewal record under Ussachevsky, which is not this work.
I think that this work should be PD-US?

Re: Ussachevsky Piece for Tape Recorder

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 2:31 pm
by Sallen112
I found a registration here: https://archive.org/details/catalogofco ... ew=theater.

but I found this interesting listing here in 1993 (registered in 1989): https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebr ... WjoXK4NUx0

which lists over 100 works for "Will and transfer of copyright" and includes the "A Piece for tape recorder"

https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/docti ... ?V2874P436

Re: Ussachevsky Piece for Tape Recorder

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:16 am
by justforplaying
Sallen112 wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 2:31 pm I found a registration here: https://archive.org/details/catalogofco ... ew=theater.

but I found this interesting listing here in 1993 (registered in 1989): https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebr ... WjoXK4NUx0

which lists over 100 works for "Will and transfer of copyright" and includes the "A Piece for tape recorder"

https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/docti ... ?V2874P436
Strange, since if the work is not renewal, then it falls into PD-US after the 28 year copyright, how come transferring copyright... I'll check the actual record.

Re: Ussachevsky Piece for Tape Recorder

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:44 am
by Sallen112
As a copyright reviewer, I think your correct that no renewal record exists for the work (I didn't see anything either for a renewal), but having that list there is suspicious that renewal could be under another name, maybe a collection? I don't have the time to look too deeply, maybe Dbmiller can look into this a little more. But it does disclaim its not a legal document.

Re: Ussachevsky Piece for Tape Recorder

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 7:14 pm
by DBMiller
The tape recorder piece is OK as PD-US not renewed.