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by Blouis79
Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:27 am
Forum: Archive
Topic: UE update Thursday 25th October
Replies: 60
Views: 146644

[...] The time it would have taken me to edit just one score would not have been worth it.[...] I also regularly scan and OCR scores from paper. (BTW PhotoScore is made by Neuratron.) Note reading accuracy is consistently fairly good. Latest version of PhotoScore is meant to be better but haven't u...
by Blouis79
Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:32 am
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: Legal information
Replies: 7
Views: 17178

At the extremely pointed end of the stick of international law, we have: http://mahfouzvsfreespeech.blogspot.com/ ...where if you have lots of money, you can sue anyone in any country wherever the law suits you. In this case a US citizen (Ehrenfield) sued by a Saudi citizen Mahfouz) under English la...
by Blouis79
Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:38 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Second U-E cease and desist letter (new topic)
Replies: 229
Views: 520382

greyphi wrote:But without a working page to view, I can't offer much help. Is there another site with a similar layout that I could disassemble?
Try the internet archive:
http://www.archive.org/index.php
specifically, the wayback machine
by Blouis79
Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:00 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: Future & Perspectives of the IMSLP - [chart / draft]
Replies: 13
Views: 20246

[edit] i just stumbled across some very profound looking information: http://www.legislationline.org/?tid=220&jid=11&less=false with $215 and a few people being really serious about it, a ngo could be up in no time I agree a legal body is important to protect individual members. But the mor...
by Blouis79
Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:17 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: UE update Thursday 25th October
Replies: 60
Views: 146644

[...] they can simply claim copyright for all these PD works and charge a high fee for it. Similarly, if I were to open a publishing company, I can simply reprint public domain works and claim copyright for myself. Technically, I understand they can claim copyright in typesetting, layout, editorial...
by Blouis79
Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:47 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: Legal information
Replies: 7
Views: 17178

WIPO does provide mediation and arbitration services for international intellectual property disputes. http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/arbitration/why-is-arb.html Interesting to note the intial shorter length of IP Protection under UCC and extensions under Berne convention and in Europe since. I read som...
by Blouis79
Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:40 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: UE statement on the ongoing discussion
Replies: 101
Views: 486891

I think you'd have to ask a lawyer that question.

WIPO (administering the Berne Convention) does provide mediation and arbitration services. So I guess the answer is theoretically yes.

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/arbitration/why-is-arb.html

And theoretically, IMSLP could take UE to WIPO for that.
by Blouis79
Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:25 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: An orchestra librarian's open letter
Replies: 27
Views: 42541

As someone who has tried to buy things from outside US that are restricted to the US market, I can say that Amazon does certainly enforce country restrictions. So that would explain why it isn't being sued.
by Blouis79
Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:01 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: UE statement on the ongoing discussion
Replies: 101
Views: 486891

[...] One question though -- have international copyright procedures never been negotiated, even as a treaty of sorts between or among individual nations? -- Matt The usual problem - countries never agree on international conventions, or drag their feet for years even after agreeing. The Berne Conv...
by Blouis79
Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:00 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Proposals, Ideas, Suggestions, etc
Replies: 68
Views: 167590

OK, I have a concrete suggestion for a way out of this impasse. [...] WARNING: this work is still under copyright protection in some territories of the world, including the European Union and the USA. If you live in these territories you will be breaking the law by downloading it! Please click on t...
by Blouis79
Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:29 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: UE statement on the ongoing discussion
Replies: 101
Views: 486891

Nope, IMSLP doesn't have to make it "sufficiently awkward". Read the legal opinions of Michael Geist and Howard Knopf. See my post in this thread: http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=680 If IMSLP makes users aware of the law, it has probably done enough. Do car manufacturers have to pre...
by Blouis79
Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:44 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: UE update Thursday 25th October
Replies: 60
Views: 146644

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I[...] There has to be some sort of legal precedent, doesn't there? Most feel (including the attorney who specializes in copyright law) that the warnings on the site were sufficient, and the responsibility lies within the foreign country to prevent and/or punish downloaders for the copyright infrin...
by Blouis79
Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:31 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Proposals, Ideas, Suggestions, etc
Replies: 68
Views: 167590

Absolutely agree the technical measures asked for by UE are a waste of time. (sheetmusicdirect.com has IP filtering that can't figure out correctly where I am and I'm not even trying to hide.) BTW i read on another forum that people wanted to write to UE and complain. UE has a lot of email addresses...
by Blouis79
Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:24 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: An orchestra librarian's open letter
Replies: 27
Views: 42541

The only sensible solution to all this mess is of course to make a uniform copyright law which is equal and is enforcable in every country around the world. Sadly, I doubt this will ever happen. I think a prominent case like this could result in uniform copyright law. All it would take is UE on the...
by Blouis79
Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:05 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Proposals, Ideas, Suggestions, etc
Replies: 68
Views: 167590

If there is any suggestion of hosting with Gutenberg, I would be unhappy. Gutenberg claims to *only* have to operate under US law. I think it is more sensible for an international site to respect international requirements while strictly complying with the law. Until Gutenberg attempts to describe i...