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2.6.4

New versions of musical compositions.(cont'd)

VI.

Compilations.(cont'd)

b.

(cont'd)
previously published musical works, where no appreciable degree of original athorship was involved in putting them together, does not constitute a registrable compilation.

Examples:

1.

The songs from "Oklahoma"

2.

Beethoven's twelve contra dances

3.

Mozart's Symphonies Nos. 39, 40, and 41

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