[pp.int.general] We must support the International Music Score Library Project!

[Christof Leng]

Looks like Rick already took action:
http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?p=3216#3216

Damn, our little pirate division in Hesse (Germany) wanted to offer the 
same (but we can't compete with the "vikings" resource-wise). Can we 
still jump on the bandwagon if they are interested? We need some 
additional arguments and PR to get some more signatures...
And I think hosting the IMSLP project would be great PR. It's truly in 
the spirit of Open Access and preserving the cultural heritage and would 
counter those stupid attacks that say we're only kids who want cheap 
downloads, but don't care for the bigger picture.

Christof

Valentin Villenave wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I don't know if any of you guys is interested in classical music, but
> there's a circumstance I thought you should know: the International
> Music Score Library Project, which is (was) kind of a music-oriented
> Gutenberg project, has been closed due to abusive legal threats from
> the huge publisher Universal Editions AG.
>
> More info on
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Music_Score_Library_Project
>
> As an international IP-related organization, the least we could do is
> send him a mail, and maybe this could even be worth a PR...
>
> You can see more explanations on http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=615
>
> ... And his final post on www.imslp.org
>
> Thank you all.
>
> Valentin
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