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Question by RavelAdmirer
Submitted on 8/7/2003
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Maurice Ravel wrote his very famous orchestral masterpiece - Bolero - , which was originally a ballet, in 1928.  The Durand publishing house in Paris owns the copyright, since 1929.  Theodore Presser company in the US has the exclusive distribution rights of the score for performance purposes.  After reading your "international aspects" regarding copyright law, it appears that both the US and France are signatories to all international copyright treaties.  The question is when will Bolero fall into the public domain.  I had heard that for musical works it was 75 years, then after a little research it looked like maybe that was 70, and then after more research -- well I just don't know -- so many years after the death of the composer?


Answer by claes honig
Submitted on 3/24/2004
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Copyright for an individual composer (not a company)
lasts for 70 years after his death. (In my opinion).

 

Answer by Bluenote
Submitted on 5/30/2006
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Careful! In France 8 years and 120 days are added to the 70 years of any pieces published between the World Wars, as no-one could collect royalties during that period.

Effectively Ravel's music does not go out of copyright until 2015.

 

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