Please help all togehter to save IMSLP for the future

[Odin]

Hello

I am new on this site, living in Sweden and not very familiar with written English.

Now I read - as so many others - that Mr. Feldmahler was forced by
representatives for the publishing industry to close down the webbsite
IMSLP.

I was a new user and now I feel very sad and disappointed that this
wonderful fountain of almost unlimited musical material disappeared
after (for my part) a very short time.

I am not a party member but I like the thoughts, the political programme
and the intentions of the Swedish Pirate Party (http://www.piratpartiet.se).
Now I om trying to persuade them to take over this site activity in some
form.

Please let us all help together. Do not let the dark side win.

Sincerely

[Yagan Kiely]

Is that company at all involved with pirated... anything?

If so, I'm afraid that while you are trying to help, you may not be.

If not, thankyou for helping.

[Vivaldi]

Yes, and is the company legal?

[Peter]

Please keep this clear: our administrator was NOT forced to close down the website by UE. Please read his letter on the website and the sticky treads here.

[Yagan Kiely]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party

Appears to be fine. Excuse our ignorance!

However, what is the life of Copyright in Sweden?

[Vivaldi]

Please accept our apologies as the mere mention of the word "pirate" might be sensitive here. Is Sweden's copyright law the same as the rest of the EU (eg. life+700?

[Yagan Kiely]

I don't know why, but I actually found that typo very amusing.

Maybe I need more sleep.........

[Vivaldi]

You do, mate. Thing's will surely be better tomorrow.

[Odin]

Hello

Unfortunately it´s quite the same:

For authors, composers etc. it is (yet !) lifetime + 70 years.
Don´t ask me why. I cannot accept that a person is paid for
his/her productive work many years after his/her own death.

The Swedish Pirate Party - and other Pirate Parties in Europe -
work for fundamental changes in the copyright legislation,
among other issues also new and much shorter periods of
protection (never more than lifetime - anyhow).

The Sweidish Pirate Party is - as its name shows - not a
company but a political movement which files for the usual
elections to the swedish parliament (riksdagen). So far this
party is very new, and the next elections are not befor 2010.

Sincerely

[baphomet]

Yeah,Beethoven and Mozart died a long time ago,why can't we download their beautiful works?

[Yagan Kiely]

Deliberations are currently in progress to establish an understanding of IMSLP's future.

Please hang tight.

AW7

Deliberations and discussions are being held for various reasons and with various people/organisations regarding the future of IMSLP, I apologise for closing this thread, which under normal circumstances would be a legitimate thread. However, the current status of IMSLP is not normal, and is quite frankly slightly unstable. It is because of this I need to close all threads with a similar topic as to stop the forum from flooding in such times.

Apologies again,
AW7