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by Klausgraf
Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:25 pm
Forum: Copyright Related
Topic: Uploading non-PD scores to a server where they are PD
Replies: 38
Views: 105132

Maybe "recommend" is too strong. But IMSLP should intensively inform its contributors about liability in such cases and the risks. This means to say "1+1=" but not to write 2.
by Klausgraf
Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:39 pm
Forum: Copyright Related
Topic: Uploading non-PD scores to a server where they are PD
Replies: 38
Views: 105132

IANAL

There are 2 questions for uploaders: 1. Is it legal to scann protected scores and to upload them on a server in a PD country? No, it's not legal in most countries. 2. Can I get trouble? That depends. If Feldmahler gives the personal data of the uploader to publishers or "Staatsanwaltschaften&qu...
by Klausgraf
Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:56 pm
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: Bartók Roumanian Folk Dances (piano) rev. ed. 1993
Replies: 2
Views: 3290

Score decisions?

Can we have a comprehensive list of published (online or printed) or known court decisions on musical scores and theor legal protection? Thanks.
by Klausgraf
Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:19 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Second U-E cease and desist letter (new topic)
Replies: 229
Views: 520125

Property and Copyright

I think there is no legal substance in the opinions on the French law. Copyright is an universal concept governed in the European Union by directives. A directive limits the protection to 70 years post mortem auctoris. French copyright is also limited in this way (with war time exceptions) . There i...
by Klausgraf
Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:29 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: Other Public Domain Sites
Replies: 25
Views: 40529

Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org

can host all scores which are PD in the US (pre-1923) and the country of origin (i.e. in Europe 70 years after the death of the composer).
by Klausgraf
Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:25 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Proposals, Ideas, Suggestions, etc
Replies: 68
Views: 167476

Some interesting links on the case

Position of Professor Geist, Canadian IP expert: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2308/125/ See also there the comment of Soufron (lawyer engaged in Wikipedia). http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Licensing#Implications_of_IMLSP_case Please note that you can upload scores which are...