Music

Copies of music

Question

Can a school or library hand out copies of sheet music to students and keep their copies of the originals (as long as they had enough copies for each performer) to prevent the loss o

Music Accompaniment

Question

Can a music accompaniment part be recorded ahead of time for a performance as long as the school or library has a copy of the sheet music?

Fair Use and Restrictions of Song Parodies

Question

We are parodying words to a popular song to create a video celebrating our library's anniversary. The song is 50 years old. We will be using the music but changing the lyrics.

Photocopying Music Scores

Question

We have a request from a patron from another state for scans or photocopies of music scores that we own and that are still under copyright.