Editing Universal Edition (section)

=== 21st century ===
On 19 October 2007, Universal Edition entered legal proceedings against the [[International Music Score Library Project]] (IMSLP), an online entity which seeks to make musical scores in the [[public domain]] available digitally. In response to a [[cease-and-desist]] letter from Universal Edition demanding that certain scores still covered by Austrian copyright be removed, IMSLP closed itself voluntarily, amidst controversy that UE's demands lacked reasonable legal grounds. While Austrian copyright governs works published up to 70 years after its composer's death, IMSLP is hosted in Canada, where copyright lasts twenty years fewer. The Internet Law professor [[Michael Geist]] wrote a column for the BBC, suggesting UE's actions lacked reasonable legal ground.<ref>{{cite news |last=Geist |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Geist |date=12 November 2007 |title=Music Copyright in the Spotlight |access-date=7 December 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7074786.stm }}</ref> The International Music Score Library maintained that UE's actions lacked legal justification, and reopened on 30 June 2008.