Valen died in 1952, so the (c) question arises seriously here (is this the Drammen, Norway : H. Lyche, [c1952] edition or an earlier one, not that this will bear seriously on (c) issues for a work written as late as 1940... but good to know...? Anyhow, why would this be PD US?) Eric 21:19, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
- The Lyche score were published initially without the required copyright notice, though they added it for later printings. To top it off, no renewal was filed after 28 years. I didn't notice any NIE filings, either. Under the US law, publication w/o notice injected a piece into the public domain upon publication. Failure to renew after 28 years also caused a work to enter the public domain. This could be amended only by filing the NIE within the two-year window under the GATT/TRIPs amendments. Thus, it is highly possible that the works are free in the USA. That's why they are marked as "checked." They haven't been reprinted, but I can't imagine that Valen would generate enough interest for Masters to bother with reprinting the titles. As far as I know, Valen's work was largely unpublished until the issues from Lyche in the 1950s. Carolus 22:04, 7 August 2008 (EDT)
