Likewise IMSLP with sheet music. They have gotten very, very good at navigating the various public domain regimes. The stuff that's worldwide public domain gets hosted on their main infrastructure, but they then have (legally separate) operations in several countries with various regimes (-CA, -US, -RU, at least, maybe a few more) that hosts files that aren't cleared worldwide.
There's no Russian server. The broader IMSLP network has:
- Main server: for files thar are PD in the US and Canada
- IMSLP-EU: PD-EU and PD-CA, but not PD-US
- PML-CA: PD-CA, but not PD-EU or PD-US
- PML-US: PD-US, but not PD-CA
Anyway, there's stuff we're working on in any case... some infrastructure improvements.
I'm geeking out over Atterberg's 6th symphony right now, the score of which got uploaded a few hours ago. May even re-engrave it since there is a score but no parts, and it's instrumental demands don't put it out of reach of an enterprising community orchestra.
Is it really possible to block access from certain countries sufficiently to avoid legal exposure? It's easy enough to spoof one's physical location. Is an organization off the hook if location-based filters are circumvented via VPN etc.?
Are you spoofing your physical location? Or is the host allowing content to your proxy in a legal jurisdiction, and then you are exporting the content illegally?
Good question. Another question is, how will a court in a foreign country answer?
Court decisions in the US on jurisdiction of cross-border internet postings have been contradictory, and I know of none in non-US countries. Each country gets to rule on jurisdictional matters on its own terms.
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Gutenberg has been doing this for years. There are works accessible on certain mirrors that are unavailable elsewhere.
Likewise IMSLP with sheet music. They have gotten very, very good at navigating the various public domain regimes. The stuff that's worldwide public domain gets hosted on their main infrastructure, but they then have (legally separate) operations in several countries with various regimes (-CA, -US, -RU, at least, maybe a few more) that hosts files that aren't cleared worldwide.
There's no Russian server. The broader IMSLP network has: - Main server: for files thar are PD in the US and Canada - IMSLP-EU: PD-EU and PD-CA, but not PD-US - PML-CA: PD-CA, but not PD-EU or PD-US - PML-US: PD-US, but not PD-CA
Anyway, there's stuff we're working on in any case... some infrastructure improvements.
Glad to here about it!
I'm geeking out over Atterberg's 6th symphony right now, the score of which got uploaded a few hours ago. May even re-engrave it since there is a score but no parts, and it's instrumental demands don't put it out of reach of an enterprising community orchestra.
Yes, I'm the one who uploaded it. Right now I'm busy as I have a huge pile of things to process and upload...
I'm curious to know just how reliably one can filter access by country, and if there are resources for someone interested in doing it.
Much like Wikimedia Commons, Archive.org and other open-content sites, we don't have a general global block for our content.
But country-level IP geolocation is trivial.
Is it really possible to block access from certain countries sufficiently to avoid legal exposure? It's easy enough to spoof one's physical location. Is an organization off the hook if location-based filters are circumvented via VPN etc.?
Are you spoofing your physical location? Or is the host allowing content to your proxy in a legal jurisdiction, and then you are exporting the content illegally?
Good question. Another question is, how will a court in a foreign country answer?
Court decisions in the US on jurisdiction of cross-border internet postings have been contradictory, and I know of none in non-US countries. Each country gets to rule on jurisdictional matters on its own terms.