When is music going to public domain?
70 years after the composer’s death, his works go to public domain. But: This time limit applies to librettists and arrangers, too. So it can be said: A musical work is in public domain, when all involved artists are death for more than 70 years. But there are other time lines. Scientific editions and first-time publications of newly discovered works of any age have their own protection: 25 after the first publication. Finally, there are restrictions in the sense of competition law. The printed deign of sheet music is protected for 50 years after the first publication. B-Note complies with all these regulations.
