Can the public use Aram Khachaturian's music?

[One-Way]

If a group of musicians were to play and record Aram Khachaturian's "Lullaby," would they be allowed to use this music on their own projects, or is there a copyright on them that does not allow them to recreate the music?

I think in the case of Beethoven and such, you're allowed to take the music and record it on your own. Does anybody know?

[Federate]

Re: Can the public use Aram Khachaturian's music?

If a group of musicians were to play and record Aram Khachaturian's "Lullaby," would they be allowed to use this music on their own projects, or is there a copyright on them that does not allow them to recreate the music?

I think in the case of Beethoven and such, you're allowed to take the music and record it on your own. Does anybody know?

You probably can given it was produced in the now defunct USSR, a communist country that did not recognise copyrights and such, I think.

[One-Way]

Re: Can the public use Aram Khachaturian's music?

I'm bumping this because I really need to know. Is there a way of finding out for sure? I can ask a producer I know, but I'm not sure if he knows how to look into this either. I can't understand what the answer to this is, especially since it was published outside of the US.

[londontsi]

Re: Can the public use Aram Khachaturian's music?

I'm bumping this because I really need to know. Is there a way of finding out for sure? I can ask a producer I know, but I'm not sure if he knows how to look into this either. I can't understand what the answer to this is, especially since it was published outside of the US.

Ask the Russian Embassy to give you relevant contacts ( institutions) in Russia.

Russian Academy of Arts might another first port of call.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Can the public use Aram Khachaturian's music?

You probably can given it was produced in the now defunct USSR, a communist country that did not recognise copyrights and such, I think.

The USSR did recognise copyright issues, but I think that the copyright on work made by persons who were working within certain state organisations (especially academic or artistic organisations) was held by the state, and was generally freely available for reproduction (since these state organisations were held to be the property of the masses). So it might depend on the circumstances in which that particular bit of music was produced. For example, I've been told that books published by the Armenian Academy of Sciences during the Soviet era can be freely reproduced.

[bell-the-cat]

Re: Can the public use Aram Khachaturian's music?

You could try asking the assorted perverts that congregate here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions

A good propagandist knows how to manipulate Wikipedia to block or remove legitimate content, and a knowledge of copyright law helps. For example, some clever Azeris got images of the Armenian Genocide monument in Yerevan removed from Wikipedia by citing Armenian copyright law. That law states that a view of the interior of a building, or the exterior of a building if the building is the sole object depicted, can only be reproduced with the permission of the architect who designed the building, or his heirs, until up to the usual 70 years after the death of the architect (see here, works for Azerbaijan too! http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:FOP).

[One-Way]

Re: Can the public use Aram Khachaturian's music?

Did Aram Khachaturian compose "Oror (Lullaby)"?

In addition to this thread, is Komitas' music available to the public? Can I perform and record "Garun a" and use it in a short film?