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OK, so correct me if I'm wrong:
The Paderewski editions of Chopin are legal to scan/upload, since he died in 1941.
The Cortot editions of the Chopin Etudes are not because he died in 1962, even though the editions were published in 1914.
(Also [not copyright-related], the scores are kind of yellowed, since they were bought around 1970 and used a lot- if I do scan them, should I still try for B/W and not go to a more accurate color setting even if the quality is way deprecated? And I should erase all of the pencil markings in them?)

Paderewski, yes.
Cortot, no (in locations other than the US).

As for the yellowed scores, do scan them in B/W but find the maximum threshold that gives you clear print but no salt-and-pepper artifacts when scanned.

All right, thank you.