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Originally Posted by Ghitulescu
It depends on the performing year. Any musical arrangement rights lapse after 50 years. So anything before 2014 - 50 (remember, the copyright years are full years, so 2015 does not count) may be safely copied and kept. Unless your local law says something different (eg 95 years, or forbidding copying altogether).
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The copyright in sound recording expires after 50 years (now 70 years after publication in the EU), but the copyright in the music and/or lyrics may last longer. So you have to check all three before you're free to copy/distribute sound recordings.