CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" dir="ltr" class="client-nojs"> <head> <title>IMSLP:Verifying copyright status - IMSLP</title> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.18.1" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" /> <link rel="icon" sizes="192x192" href="/android-touch-icon.png" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" /> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/opensearch_desc.php" title="IMSLP (en)" /> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//imslp.org/api.php?action=rsd" /> <link rel="copyright" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="IMSLP Atom feed" href="/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=ext.wikiForum%7Cmediawiki.legacy.commonPrint%2Cshared%7Cskins.bootstrapmediawiki&only=styles&skin=bootstrap-mediawiki&*" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/skins/bootstrap-mediawiki/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/extensions/Slick/slick.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/extensions/Slick/slick-theme.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/extensions/common/jscss/flexigrid.css?21.6.9" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/extensions/common/jscss/IMSLPMisc.css?21.6.9" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/skins/bootstrap-mediawiki/submenu/css/bootstrap-submenu.min.css?303" /><meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content="" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=site&only=styles&skin=bootstrap-mediawiki&*" /> <style>a:lang(ar),a:lang(ckb),a:lang(fa),a:lang(kk-arab),a:lang(mzn),a:lang(ps),a:lang(ur){text-decoration:none}a.new,#quickbar a.new{color:#ba0000} /* cache key: imslp_wiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:4:c88e2bcd56513749bec09a7e29cb3ffa */</style> <script src="/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&skin=bootstrap-mediawiki&*"></script> <script>if(window.mw){ mw.config.set({"wgCanonicalNamespace": "Project", "wgCanonicalSpecialPageName": false, "wgNamespaceNumber": 4, "wgPageName": "IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status", "wgTitle": "Verifying copyright status", "wgCurRevisionId": 4054915, "wgArticleId": 13091, "wgIsArticle": true, "wgAction": "view", "wgUserName": null, "wgUserGroups": ["*"], "wgCategories": ["Manuals"], "wgBreakFrames": false, "wgRestrictionEdit": [], "wgRestrictionMove": ["sysop"], "wgVectorEnabledModules": {"collapsiblenav": true, "collapsibletabs": true, "editwarning": false, "expandablesearch": false, "footercleanup": false, "sectioneditlinks": false, "simplesearch": true, "experiments": true}, "wgWikiEditorEnabledModules": {"toolbar": true, "dialogs": true, "hidesig": true, "templateEditor": false, "templates": false, "preview": false, "previewDialog": false, "publish": false, "toc": false}, "userIsMember": false}); } </script><script>if(window.mw){ mw.loader.load(["mediawiki.page.startup"]); } </script> <script async src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-4QW4VCTZ4E'></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-4QW4VCTZ4E'); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function(c,l,a,r,i,t,y){ c[a]=c[a]||function(){(c[a].q=c[a].q||[]).push(arguments)}; t=l.createElement(r);t.async=1;t.src="https://www.clarity.ms/tag/"+i; y=l.getElementsByTagName(r)[0];y.parentNode.insertBefore(t,y); })(window, document, "clarity", "script", "i36pgsjwfo"); </script></head> <body class="mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr ns-4 ns-subject page-IMSLP_Verifying_copyright_status action-view skin-bootstrap-mediawiki"> <script>if(typeof IMSLPMsg=='undefined')IMSLPMsg={};$.extend(IMSLPMsg,{"js-a1":"e-mail address","js-a2":"or","js-a3":"existing IMSLP account name","js-a4":"15","js-b":"e-mail address (required)","js-b1":"E-mail Address","js-c":"IMSLP account name (optional)","js-c1":"IMSLP Account Name","js-d":"Purchase","js-e":"`1 Year`7 `2 Months: $`3.`4 per month, $`5.`6 total.","js-f":"composer category name","js-g":"Please select a composer.","js-h":"Composer category does not exist.","js-i":"Unable to get composer birth year.","js-j":"Composer must have been born more than 10 years ago.","js-k":"Composer: `1, Born: `2, Subscription Period: `3 Years, $`4.`5 total.","js-l":"Invalid e-mail address.","js-m":"No e-mail address provided.","js-n":"No e-mail address or user name provided.","js-o":"This is a `1gift subscription`2.","js-p":"Number of gift subscriptions:","js-q":"Invalid number of gift certificates.","js-r":"Your download will continue in `1 seconds...","js-s":"Click here to continue your download.","js-t":"This user is already a member. Do you want to continue and add to the membership period?","js-u":"Internal server error.","js-v":"No composer selected.","js-w":"become a member","usegift":"1","pplc":"","unlocknav":"Unlock toolbars","locknav":"Lock toolbars","creditcard":"Credit card","paypal":"PayPal","membdesc":"Membership ($22 per year)","subscribe":"Subscribe","top10below":"Top 10 results below","naxosmoreres":"more results","chgkeyw":"change","naxossearchkey":"Search key:","newfile":"This is a newly submitted file that is available to members only.","memblogin":"<b>Are you a member? Please <a href=\"\/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=`1\">sign in<\/a> to avoid the waiting period.<\/b>","removead":"remove ad","addsheetmusic":"Add Sheet Music","yourownarrangement":"Your Own Arrangement","yourowncomposition":"Your Own Composition","yourownedition":"Your Own Edition","recording":"Recording","addfile":"Add File","addwork":"Add Work","membershipstatus":"Membership status","purchasemembership":"Purchase membership","searchimslpsite":"Search IMSLP site","searchbyimslpindex":"Search by IMSLP index","searchnaxosmusiclibrary":"Search Naxos Music Library","js-cont":"cont.","js-noprevious":"no previous","js-previous":"previous `1","js-nonext":"no next","js-next":"next `1","js-fcs":"Search category...","addscan":"Add Scan","addmanuscript":"Add Manuscript","newcomposition":"New Composition","newarrangement":"New Arrangement","newedition":"New Edition","updatecard":"Update Credit Card","confirmremovecc":"Please confirm credit card removal, all renewing subscriptions will be automatically cancelled.","alipay":"Alipay","dontexpandfileentries":"Don't expand file entries","expandfileentries":"Expand file entries","js-t1":"This user already has a renewing subscription, another subscription cannot be purchased.","js-recur-monthly":"Monthly subscription: $2.99\/mo","js-recur-yearly":"Yearly subscription: $22.00\/yr ($1.83\/mo)","js-pay-bancontact":"Bancontact","js-pay-eps":"eps","js-pay-giropay":"giropay","js-pay-ideal":"iDEAL","js-pay-p24":"Przelewy24","js-pay-sofort":"SOFORT","js-pay-wechat":"WeChat Pay","js-paymentrequiresname":"Please enter your full name to use this payment method:","js-sofortcountry":"Bank account location","js-sofortselecttext":"Select a country","js-paymenttypeyearlyonly":"Only credit cards and Paypal are accepted for a monthly subscription.","membdesc-norecur":"Membership ($`1)","membdesc-monthly":"Membership ($2.99 per month)","app-title":"IMSLP","app-price":"FREE","app-button":"VIEW","app-apple":"On the App Store","app-google":"In Google Play","app-amazon":"On Amazon Appstore","js-promo-year":"1 year","js-promo-years":"`1 years","js-promo-month":"1 month","js-promo-months":"`1 months","js-promo-ptnrbuyamt":"`1 (current balance: `2)","js-promo-codetooshort":"Promo code too short.","js-promo-email":"E-mail","js-promo-customer-email":"Customer e-mail","js-promo-email-required":"E-mail is required.","js-membership-monthly":"Monthly membership: $`1 per month","js-membership-yearly":"Yearly membership: $`1 per year","stripe-membdesc":"Membership ($`1 per year)"});</script><script>IMSLPTOCMsg="Contents";</script> <div id="adngin-video-0" style="height:0"></div> <script src="/skins/bootstrap-mediawiki/submenu/js/bootstrap-submenu.min.js"></script> <div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top " id="bs-top-navbar" role="navigation"> <div class="container">  <div class="navbar-header"> <button class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button> <select id="subnav-select"> <option selected disabled hidden>Navigation</option><optgroup label=" Navigation"><option value='/wiki/Main_Page'><i class="fa fa-home"></i> Main Page</option><option value='/wiki/Special:RecentChanges'><i class="fa fa-edit"></i> Recent changes</option><option value='/wiki/Special:Random'><i class="fa fa-random"></i> Random page</option></optgroup><optgroup label=" Scores"><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:Difficulty'><i class="fa fa-star"></i> Instrument difficulty</option><option value='/wiki/Category:Composers'><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i> Composers</option><option value='/wiki/Category:People'><i class="fa fa-users"></i> All people</option><option value='/wiki/Category:People_by_nationality'><i class="fa fa-globe"></i> Nationality</option><option value='/wiki/Browse_people_by_time_period'><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> Time period</option><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:View_Genres'><i class="fa fa-list-ul"></i> Instrumentation/Genre</option><option value='/wiki/Category:WIMA_files'><i class="fa fa-files-o"></i> WIMA collection</option></optgroup><optgroup label=" Recordings"><option value='https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:People_with_recordings&memberitst=Recordings'><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i> Composers</option><option value='/wiki/Category:Performers'><i class="fa fa-users"></i> Performer name</option><option value='/wiki/Category:Pages_with_commercial_recordings'><i class="fa fa-headphones"></i> Commercial recordings</option></optgroup><optgroup label=" Participate"><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:Contributor_Portal'>Contributor portal</option><option value='' disabled='disabled' class='unclickable'>----</option> <option value='https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Special:WikiForumNext/recent-discussions//1/4'>Recent discussions</option><option value='https://imslpforums.org'>Forums</option><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:IRC_Access'>Live Chat (IRC)</option><option value='' disabled='disabled' class='unclickable'>----</option> <option value='/wiki/IMSLP:FAQ'>FAQ</option><option value='/wiki/Help:Contents'>Help</option></optgroup><optgroup label=" Other"><option value='https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:Pages_with_parts_for_purchase&simplesubcat=1&launchtab=parts'>Purchase from IMSLP</option><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:Subscriptions'>Purchase membership</option><option value='https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=payments@imslp.org&item_name=IMSLP+%2F+Petrucci+Music+Library&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP-DonationsBF&charset=UTF-8&notify_url=http%3A%2F%2Fimslp.org%2Fimslpscripts%2Fshop%2FPPDonationsIPN.ISCR.php'>Donate</option><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:Site_support'>Supporting IMSLP</option><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:Sponsored_Composers'>Sponsored people</option><option value='' disabled='disabled' class='unclickable'>----</option> <option value='/wiki/IMSLP:Jobs'>Jobs</option><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:About'>About</option><option value='' disabled='disabled' class='unclickable'>----</option> <option value='/wiki/IMSLP:Select_Language'>Select language</option><option value='/wiki/Special:Upload'>Upload picture</option><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:Sitemap'>Sitemap</option><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:Privacy_policy'>Privacy policy</option><option value='/wiki/IMSLP:General_disclaimer'>Disclaimers</option></optgroup> </select> <a class="navbar-brand" href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="IMSLP"><img src='/imslp.png' alt='Logo'/></a> </div> <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-mobile-nav"> <ul class="nav navbar-nav" id="page-dropdown"><li class="dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle nddm" data-toggle="dropdown"><span class="icon icon11"></span> Page <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu "><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status" class='nddm selected'><i class="fa fa-file"></i> Project page</a><li ><a href="/index.php?title=Special:WikiForum&forum=3&page_assoc=IMSLP%3AVerifying+copyright+status" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> Discussion (1)</a><li ><a href="/index.php?title=IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status&action=edit" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-file-code-o"></i> View source</a><li ><a href="/index.php?title=IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status&action=history" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> History</a><li class='divider'></li> <li ><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-link"></i> What links here</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-arrows-h"></i> Related changes</a><li ><a href="/index.php?title=IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status&printable=yes" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-print"></i> Printable version</a><li ><a href="/index.php?title=IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status&oldid=4054915" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-anchor"></i> Permanent link</a></ul></li></ul> <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right" id="logindd"> <li class="dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle nddm" data-toggle="dropdown">Log in <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu "><li ><a href="/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=IMSLP%3AVerifying%20copyright%20status" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-sign-in"></i> Log in</a><li ><a onclick='return false;' class='nddm navbarlockitem'>navbarlockitem</a><li ><a onclick='return false;' class='nddm navbarexpfileent'>navbarexpfileent</a></ul></li> </ul><ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right"><li class="dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle nddm" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="fa fa-search" id="imslp-search-icon"></i> <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu nopullup"><li ><a onclick='return changeSearch(1);' class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-search"></i> Search IMSLP site</a><li ><a onclick='return changeSearch(2);' class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-hashtag"></i> Search by IMSLP index</a></ul></li> </ul><form class="navbar-search navbar-form navbar-right" onsubmit="return doSearch();"> <div> <input class="form-control" placeholder="Search" title="Search [ctrl-option-f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" autocomplete="off"> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="subnav subnav-fixed" id="bs-top-subnav"> <div class="container"> <ul class="nav nav-pills"> <li class="dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle nddm" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i> Navigation <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu "><li ><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-home"></i> Main Page</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-edit"></i> Recent changes</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-random"></i> Random page</a></ul></li><li class="dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle nddm" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="fa fa-book"></i> Scores <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu "><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Difficulty" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-star"></i> Instrument difficulty</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Category:Composers" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i> Composers</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Category:People" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-users"></i> All people</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Category:People_by_nationality" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-globe"></i> Nationality</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Browse_people_by_time_period" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> Time period</a><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:View_Genres" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-list-ul"></i> Instrumentation/Genre</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Category:WIMA_files" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-files-o"></i> WIMA collection</a></ul></li><li class="dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle nddm" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="fa fa-microphone"></i> Recordings <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu "><li ><a href="https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:People_with_recordings&memberitst=Recordings" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i> Composers</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Category:Performers" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-users"></i> Performer name</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_with_commercial_recordings" class='nddm '><i class="fa fa-headphones"></i> Commercial recordings</a></ul></li><li class="dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle nddm" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="fa fa-child"></i> Participate <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu "><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Contributor_Portal" class='nddm '>Contributor portal</a><li class='divider'></li> <li ><a href="https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Special:WikiForumNext/recent-discussions//1/4" class='nddm '>Recent discussions</a><li ><a href="https://imslpforums.org" class='nddm '>Forums</a><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:IRC_Access" class='nddm '>Live Chat (IRC)</a><li class='divider'></li> <li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:FAQ" class='nddm '>FAQ</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" class='nddm '>Help</a></ul></li><li class="dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle nddm" data-toggle="dropdown"><i class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> Other <b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu "><li ><a href="https://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:Pages_with_parts_for_purchase&simplesubcat=1&launchtab=parts" class='nddm '>Purchase from IMSLP</a><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Subscriptions" class='nddm '>Purchase membership</a><li ><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=payments@imslp.org&item_name=IMSLP+%2F+Petrucci+Music+Library&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP-DonationsBF&charset=UTF-8&notify_url=http%3A%2F%2Fimslp.org%2Fimslpscripts%2Fshop%2FPPDonationsIPN.ISCR.php" class='nddm '>Donate</a><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Site_support" class='nddm '>Supporting IMSLP</a><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Sponsored_Composers" class='nddm '>Sponsored people</a><li class='divider'></li> <li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Jobs" class='nddm '>Jobs</a><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:About" class='nddm '>About</a><li class='divider'></li> <li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Select_Language" class='nddm '>Select language</a><li ><a href="/wiki/Special:Upload" class='nddm '>Upload picture</a><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Sitemap" class='nddm '>Sitemap</a><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Privacy_policy" class='nddm '>Privacy policy</a><li ><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:General_disclaimer" class='nddm '>Disclaimers</a></ul></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="wiki-outer-body"> <div id="wiki-body" class="container"> <div id="adngin-top-0"></div><br /> <span id='mw-js-message-wrapper'></span> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading pagetitle page-header"> IMSLP:Verifying copyright status </h1> <div class="body"><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div class="nav_box"> <div class="nav_head">Guide: Contributing scores</div> <div class="nav_body"> <p><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Contributing_scores" title="IMSLP:Contributing scores">Overview</a> </p> <hr /> <p><strong class="selflink">Verifying copyright status</strong> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_and_Performance_Restricted_licenses" title="IMSLP:Creative Commons and Performance Restricted licenses" class="mw-redirect">Licenses</a> </dd></dl> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Scanning_music_scores" title="IMSLP:Scanning music scores">Scanning</a> </p> <hr /> <p><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Score_submission_guide" title="IMSLP:Score submission guide">Score submission</a> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Score_submission_guide/Manual_of_Style" title="IMSLP:Score submission guide/Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Score_submission_guide/General_Information" title="IMSLP:Score submission guide/General Information">General Information</a> </dd><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Score_submission_guide/Layout_of_Work_Pages" title="IMSLP:Score submission guide/Layout of Work Pages">Layout of Work Pages</a> </dd><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Score_submission_guide/File_Information" title="IMSLP:Score submission guide/File Information">File Information</a> </dd><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:AddFile" title="IMSLP:AddFile">IMSLP:AddFile</a> </dd></dl> </dd><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Categorization" title="IMSLP:Categorization">Categorization</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Tagging" title="IMSLP:Tagging">Tagging</a> </dd></dl> </dd><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Score_submission_guide/Special_cases" title="IMSLP:Score submission guide/Special cases">Special cases</a> </dd></dl> <hr /> <p>Copyright-related </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Copyright_Made_Simple" title="IMSLP:Copyright Made Simple">Copyright Made Simple</a> </dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Copyright_Law" title="Canadian Copyright Law">Canadian Copyright Law</a> </dd><dd><a href="/wiki/United_States_Copyright_Law" title="United States Copyright Law">United States Copyright Law</a> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> <div class="nav_foot"><a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Contributor_Portal" title="IMSLP:Contributor Portal">Contributor Portal</a></div> </div> <p>This page provides basic instructions for verifying if a music score is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>. </p> <ul><li> If you want to submit <b>re-engraved</b> (re-typeset) scores, please also see the <a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Permissible_licenses" title="IMSLP:Permissible licenses" class="mw-redirect">permissible licenses</a> page. This refers mainly to <i>new editions</i> of public domain works. </li><li> For <b>copyrighted new works</b>, see <a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_and_Performance_Restricted_licenses" title="IMSLP:Creative Commons and Performance Restricted licenses" class="mw-redirect">Creative Commons and Performance Restricted licenses</a>. This includes new compositions, and new arrangements of public domain works. </li></ul> <p>For a simple description of copyright and the public domain, see <a href="/wiki/IMSLP:Copyright_Made_Simple" title="IMSLP:Copyright Made Simple">IMSLP:Copyright Made Simple</a>. For a more detailed description, see: <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a>. Questions may be directed to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://imslpforums.org/viewforum.php?f=6">forums</a>. The following is meant to serve as a <i>simplified</i> guide on how to determine whether or not something is in the public domain, but please check <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> for details. </p> <h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="How_to_verify_if_your_copy_is_in_public_domain">How to verify if your copy is in public domain</span></h2> <p>You should do some basic research if you are planning to upload a score that is not yet identified as <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>. </p> <ul><li>You should first determine the year of death for the composer and for any other person who was involved in the creation of the work in question. This would include arrangers, editors, authors of original texts and translators. </li><li> Works of composers, arrangers and text authors who died in 1972 or later are not eligible for uploading to the main server (in Canada). </li><li> The work of an editor who died in 1972 or later may or may not be allowed. The editing is of a of a work. In addition, to be allowed under site rules, the edition in question would have to be published over 25 years ago or be in the public domain in Germany. </li><li> A work first published in 1928 or earlier will be in the public domain in the United States even if contributors died too recently for it to be in the public domain in Canada. Additionally, a work published between 1929 and 1963 may be in the public domain in the United States due to non-renewal in <i>some</i> cases. Please see <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> for details. Any work that is in the public domain in the United States <a href="/wiki/PML-US_upload_instructions" title="PML-US upload instructions">can be uploaded to Petrucci Music Libary US by following the upload instructions</a>. </li><li> It is always important to find the year (and, preferably, place) of first publication and/or performance, if possible, especially for any composer who died after 1949. </li><li> On most scores, the year in which the score is copyrighted is printed on the first page of music. Notices also appear on the title page, the title page verso (back side), or even a contents or instrumentation page. However, many European scores from the 1800s all the way up through the 1980s bear no copyright notice. <i>Absence of a copyright notice is no longer a guarantee that a given work is public domain in the USA (or elsewhere)!</i> </li><li> You can look up date ranges for publishers, locations, and other helpful information (plate number styles) on the <a href="/wiki/Historical_Publication_Info" title="Historical Publication Info" class="mw-redirect">Historical Publication Info</a> page, or the pages devoted to specific publishers that are linked there, like <a href="/wiki/Breitkopf_und_H%C3%A4rtel" title="Breitkopf und Härtel">Breitkopf und Härtel</a>. </li><li> There are some ways to estimate the publication date. One is to identify the editor of the score, whose name typically appears on the first page of music and/or title page, and google or wiki them to determine whether they are in public domain yet. There are also bibliographies of specific composers that give extensive info on dates of first publication and reissues, the original publisher, successor publishers, addresses, retail prices, plate numbers, engravers, and printers. James J. Fuld's <i>The Book of World Famous Music</i> is particularly rich in such information. Lastly, you could look up the publisher's information either via the web or printed catalogs. Some publishing companies were defunct before 1929 (which would be indicative of US public domain status). Others keep a database with old publications on their website. </li><li> Look up the publisher's information in library catalogs. Many libraries keep publication information like dates, plate numbers, editors in their database. </li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.juilliard.edu/screens/opacmenu.html">Juilliard On-Line Catalog</a> has a fairly comprehensive database with plate and edition numbers. </dd><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iucat.iu.edu/authenticate.cgi?status=start">Indiana University</a> keeps plate and edition numbers for some works. </dd><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://worldcat.org/">Worldcat</a> does not always list full bibliographic information, but many publications are in Worldcat. Some plate numbers seem to be in a 'concealed' way in their database; entering a plate number in the search function will very often give the right hits. </dd></dl> <ul><li> The back covers of old scores often contain valuable information, such as a list of publications by the same publisher in print at the time the piece you've scanned was first issued! </li><li> Try a search on Google / Google Scholar with the title of your edition. Often, new editions were reviewed in musical periodicals. If you have access to jstor.org (which you may have through a library or university), you will find useful periodicals. </li><li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sheetmusicplus.com">Sheetmusicplus</a> lets you have a look at the first pages of a score. This is very valuable as you can find edition numbers and plate numbers here in some instances — there are many public domain items available on that site. </li><li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com">Google books</a> include many reprints (e.g., from Dover and Kalmus) with sample pages available. While there are a fair number of public domain scores available at Google books, they are all marked with the Google logo and include metatags. All logos and metatags should be removed before uploading to IMSLP (preferably while also converting the best available scan images to monochrome in most cases). </li><li> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://musicsack.com">Musicsack</a> (now offline; check <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230528221808/http://musicsack.com/searchthemusicsack.cfm">the Internet Archive</a>) is a good resource in researching music-related people information. </li><li> See the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain#Checking_original_and_renewal_registration" title="Public domain">public domain page</a> for information on how to find US renewal registration and when this is and is not required. </li><li> When you've finished your research, please add the results of your work to one of the pages above to make it easier for other users, and also add information to the file description form to prove that your copy is in the public domain. </li></ul> <h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Avoid_reproducing_trademarks_and_logos">Avoid reproducing trademarks and logos</span></h2> <p>With the relatively recent advent of scanned music, a number of commercial enterprises have been formed to sell scans of public domain works. The three major companies doing this are <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cdsheetmusic.com">CD Sheet Music</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.everynote.com">Everynote</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elibron.com/english">Elibron</a>. While the content of the scores produced by these three concerns is public domain, any added original material such as prefaces is protected by copyright, and thus must be removed. In order to increase direct reusability (and in the interest of quality), all logos, added prefaces, and added metatags should be removed if possible before uploading such scores to IMSLP. </p>   </div><div class="printfooter"> Retrieved from "<a href="http://imslp.org/index.php?title=IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status&oldid=4054915">http://imslp.org/index.php?title=IMSLP:Verifying_copyright_status&oldid=4054915</a>"</div> </div> <br /><div id="adngin-bottom-0"></div> <div class="category-links">  <div id='catlinks' class='catlinks'><div id="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Manuals" title="Category:Manuals">Manuals</a></li></ul></div></div>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="bottom"> <div class="container"> <footer> <p>Content is available under the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a> • Page visited <a href="/wiki/Special:GetFCtrStats/=IMSLP%3AVerifying_copyright_status">18,041 times</a> • Powered by <a href="http://mediawiki.org">MediaWiki</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special:SwitchSkin/vector/IMSLP%3AVerifying%20copyright%20status">Switch back to classic skin</a> </p> </footer> </div> </div> <noscript> <div style="display:none;"> <img src="//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-y4EbkRgwvQNQ8.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/> </div> </noscript> <script src="/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=skins.bootstrapmediawiki&only=scripts&skin=bootstrap-mediawiki&*"></script> <script>if(window.mw){ mw.loader.load(["mediawiki.user", "mediawiki.util", "mediawiki.page.ready", "mediawiki.legacy.wikibits", "mediawiki.legacy.ajax"]); } </script> <script>wgUserPermissions={"delete":false,"copyrightreview":false};</script> <script src="/extensions/Slick/slick.min.js?303"></script> <script src="/extensions/common/jscss/IMSLPJS.D.js?21.6.9&303"></script> <script src="/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=site&only=scripts&skin=bootstrap-mediawiki&*"></script> <script>if(window.mw){ mw.user.options.set({"ccmeonemails":0,"cols":80,"date":"default","diffonly":0,"disablemail":0,"disablesuggest":0,"editfont":"default","editondblclick":0,"editsection":1,"editsectiononrightclick":0,"enotifminoredits":0,"enotifrevealaddr":0,"enotifusertalkpages":1,"enotifwatchlistpages":0,"extendwatchlist":0,"externaldiff":0,"externaleditor":0,"fancysig":0,"forceeditsummary":0,"gender":"unknown","hideminor":0,"hidepatrolled":0,"highlightbroken":1,"imagesize":2,"justify":0,"math":1,"minordefault":0,"newpageshidepatrolled":0,"nocache":0,"noconvertlink":0,"norollbackdiff":0,"numberheadings":0,"previewonfirst":0,"previewontop":1,"quickbar":5,"rcdays":7,"rclimit":50,"rememberpassword":0,"rows":25,"searchlimit":20,"showhiddencats":0,"showjumplinks":1,"shownumberswatching":1,"showtoc":1,"showtoolbar":1,"skin":"bootstrapmediawiki","stubthreshold":0,"thumbsize":2,"underline":2,"uselivepreview":0,"usenewrc":0,"watchcreations":0,"watchdefault":0,"watchdeletion":0,"watchlistdays":3, "watchlisthideanons":0,"watchlisthidebots":0,"watchlisthideliu":0,"watchlisthideminor":0,"watchlisthideown":0,"watchlisthidepatrolled":0,"watchmoves":0,"wllimit":250,"vector-simplesearch":1,"usebetatoolbar":1,"usebetatoolbar-cgd":1,"variant":"en","language":"en","searchNs0":true,"searchNs1":false,"searchNs2":false,"searchNs3":false,"searchNs4":false,"searchNs5":false,"searchNs6":false,"searchNs7":false,"searchNs8":false,"searchNs9":false,"searchNs10":false,"searchNs11":false,"searchNs12":false,"searchNs13":false,"searchNs14":false,"searchNs15":false});;mw.user.tokens.set({"editToken":"+\\","watchToken":false});;mw.loader.state({"user.options":"ready","user.tokens":"ready"}); /* cache key: imslp_wiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-js:4:45d954c684379ca2eadbb9deef51c133 */ } </script> </body>  </html>