Good reading if you missed [or were miffed by] yesterday’s DCMA scuffle between online music score library IMSLP and the UK Music Publishers Association. The ruckus was touched off by a bogus MPA copyright claim related to a work by Rachmaninoff, prompting Matthew Guerrieri to review the legal complexities surrounding Russian music written during the first half of twentieth century. His excellent piece is especially useful for anyone looking to learn more about the competing public domain and copyright-protected versions of major works by one of Rachmaninoff’s compatriots, Igor Stravinsky.
[1959 image of Stravinsky with scores by Gjon Mili]
