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by Olivier
Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:53 am
Forum: Copyright Related
Topic: DIAMM and IMSLP
Replies: 83
Views: 164549

Re: DIAMM and IMSLP

I think one important thing that's missing from the FAQ page of IMSLP and that would be very useful for the administrators, is the mission or the aim of the project. Is it: * Making as many scores as possible freely available on IMSLP or * Making as many scores as possible freely available to the pe...
by Olivier
Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:22 pm
Forum: Copyright Related
Topic: DIAMM and IMSLP
Replies: 83
Views: 164549

Re: DIAMM and IMSLP

It is rather a shame that no one else connected with DIAMM has stepped forward to offer their input Well... Julia Craig-McFeely, the principal member of the production team for DIAMM, has tried to but was banned for "harassment"... see http://imslp.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Feduol&...
by Olivier
Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:40 pm
Forum: Copyright Related
Topic: DIAMM and IMSLP
Replies: 83
Views: 164549

Re: DIAMM and IMSLP

Perpetual copyright doesn't exist anymore in the UK law for 25 years. And the Constitution of the United States doesn't define the length of the copyright. So works copyrighted until 2039 are perfectly ok for the United States. And since the Berne conventions takes the length of the copyright from t...
by Olivier
Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:34 am
Forum: Copyright Related
Topic: DIAMM and IMSLP
Replies: 83
Views: 164549

Re: DIAMM and IMSLP

After discussing a lot in one of these places you might not have access ;-) I've learned something very specific to the english copyright: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_copyright#United_Kingdom Which means all manuscripts owned by the old british universities are still under copyright until...