Moderator: kcleung
IMSLP is still being watched by UE, any small hint of using networks such as the one you are talking about (which utilizes illegal file sharing), they will jump at. We can not take a chance especially with such places.Frankly and respectfully, I disagree with your use of the word "hosting" in reference to the binary news group alt.binaries.sheet-music. It's just a news group. Newsgroups are having zero legal issues with distributing "I Am Legend" and "The Golden Compass" - two movies not even out publically on DVD yet. I'm not saying its legal, I'm just saying it is currently happening, and there are no legal repercussions for "hosting" these illegal files.
The law for copyright is very extensive, it contains many loopholes that UE could employ that we need to take into account. IMSLP is cataloguing every score, and either putting it in the US category, or the Canadian. This needs to be completed before any sharing of the archive will begin.Therefore, its hard to see a legal reason for not posting scores which we all agree are in the public domain in News groups.
Frankly again, it leaves me wonder what the real reason for not sharing is.
Posting in groups that openly share illegal works has a negative effect on IMSLP’s reputation, especially with UE. Yes, we may all agree they are in public domain in Canada, but they need to be sorted into the US server if US copyright, or the Canadian server if Canadian copyright.Therefore, its hard to see a legal reason for not posting scores which we all agree are in the public domain in News groups.
Except that no one but Feldmahler and the other admins have access to it... (And thus, if something like that were to happen, blame could be squarely placed upon IMSLP, which is more unneeded trouble.)Melodia wrote:Well, there's nothing stopping someone from dumping the whole set of scores there, saying it's all from IMSLP and stuff, even if it's not officially connected with the site.
That is one of my personal objectives (when the site reopens).Or making a torrent of it for that matter (which may not be a bad idea, actually, once the site opens, to make a torrent of all the PDFs, at least ones that fall 'firmly' into PD)
Although the dust seem to have settled, you can be sure that UE is still keeping an eye on IMSLP, even though nothing seems to be taking place on IMSLP's part at the moment.IMSLP is still being watched by UE, any small hint of using networks such as the one you are talking about (which utilizes illegal file sharing), they will jump at. We can not take a chance especially with such places.
Well of course not NOW, unless someone decided to do it randomly and had them all before. Granted, with the way the site is (was?) designed, unless there's some hole to access a raw DIR of the database, it's not easy to get all at once -- requires a LOT of browsing, even with DownloadThemAll! or DL managers.emeraldimp wrote:
Except that no one but Feldmahler and the other admins have access to it... (And thus, if something like that were to happen, blame could be squarely placed upon IMSLP, which is more unneeded trouble.).