Circumventing IMSLP copyright review through re-uploading

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Circumventing IMSLP copyright review through re-uploading

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It occurred to me that one (if one were so deviously inclined) could circumvent our copyright review process as follows:

1. Upload a file, and submit it properly to a work page.
2. The file is reviewed, and found to be PD by reviewer, who changes its status to "verified".
3. Upload a new file - one that's not PD - over the file you uploaded before. No one on IMSLP does anything (unless they're already suspicious) because the file has already been "verified".

I just tested this to be sure, and it works from a technical standpoint. Whether or not we would catch it in progress is another matter, but as IMSLP becomes more popular, it seems less likely we'd catch it.

I don't think this is an immediate problem, but we might want to figure out a way to defuse this before it is. (Maybe a re-upload causes the reviewed status to revert to 'new'?)
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Re: Circumventing IMSLP copyright review through re-uploadin

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emeraldimp wrote:I don't think this is an immediate problem, but we might want to figure out a way to defuse this before it is. (Maybe a re-upload causes the reviewed status to revert to 'new'?)
That's easy to do; I'll fix it tonight :)
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Post by imslp »

Fixed :)
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