Commons:Deletion requests/Music of George Gershwin

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Music of George Gershwin[edit]

All are midi files or score excerpts from post-1922 George Gershwin compositions; no reason to believe that these pieces would have been allowed to fall into the public domain. --dave pape 19:39, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gershwin died in 1937, that's 71 years ago. Why wouldn't his work fall in the public domain this year? Doesn't the 70 years author death rule apply? Or was there renewal of copyright, and a 95 years rule after publication applies? Patrícia msg 15:03, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Depending on the answer to your question, we might actually be able to undelete the following files:
—LX (talk, contribs) 16:32, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the U.S., 70 years after death only applies to works since 1978; for works before that, the older rules, with later extensions, apply [1]. As long as these works were formally registered, and renewed at the appropriate time, they're still copyrighted. Gershwin's music is pretty big business; we shouldn't just assume they weren't registered and renewed unless someone does a thorough check of the records to prove otherwise. They're all listed in ASCAP's licensing database [2]. --dave pape (talk) 22:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In that case, I think that Delete is the way to go, unfortunately. Patrícia msg 09:36, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And to further support that: here's the webpage where we can check whether a copyright was renewed or not. And this seems to be indeed the case. Patrícia msg 15:09, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That settles it, unfortunately. Deleting. —LX (talk, contribs) 15:14, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted. —LX (talk, contribs) 15:14, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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