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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.

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...

Can we have a comprehensive list of published (online or printed) or known court decisions on musical scores and theor legal protection? Thanks.

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...

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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).

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...