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Should sites in those other countries take reasonable steps to ensure that scores are permitted to be downloaded in countries where they are NOT in copyright? Not offering something which is public domain is not illegal. Offering something which is not public domain is illegal. It's that simple. Th...

To say that you have to observe the copyright laws of all countries, means you have to observe the copyright law of the strictest country, which means that the whole world must now run on Mexican copyright law. Noone will enforce Mexican copyright law for works distributed in Austria. But Austrian ...

Or do you mean that the manufacturing of specific types of Canadian cars should be banned altogether, because they can be imported into Austria and are capable of surpassing the speed limit there? I guess if you want to sell a Canadian made car in Austria, it has to meet Austrian safety standards. ...

And in any event, how do you do that when "all countries" have contradictory copyright laws? In any case there's only the law of one country: the country where you distribute the music. That is, the country where the end user is sitting. Mexico will not prevent you from distributing Bartó...

...except that it IS called the INTERNATIONAL music score library project... therefore copyright laws of all countries should be observed. That's exactly the point I'm hammering here, but some people just can't get off the "but the server is in Canada" horse. The server is your warehouse ...

Here's another suggestion for Universal, Mr. Black, PI, et al: Instead of issuing demand letters, making threats of what amounts to extortion via lawsuit, etc., why not instead offer to assist IMSLP in securing and installing the necessary software to block users from the EU from downloading works ...

IMSLP distributed music from its server located in Canada. Only Canada. That people from other countries can access their server is by their choosing. Just as it would be if he was offering printed editions by post-order from Canada. Foreign countries have no jurisdiction over things published in C...

They have the right to sue in Austria because they own the copyright there. Of course, this is not enough for motivation. There must be some money at stake. This is why noone cares that certain porn sites don't actually block minors. Or at least noone sues them. Then let them sue IN AUSTRIA. Go for...

You have to abide by the rules of the country which has jurisdiction over you. Unfortunately, you can't choose which country has jurisdiction over you. If you are 20 and visit the US you won't be served alcohol. Even if you are a French citizen. The local law applies. IMSLP is not in Europe. It IS ...

They have no basis in law, as the IMSLP only publishes in Canada

??? This surprises me. I thought IMSLP was intended to be available worldwide.

Quite insulting post for Canada. I don't find it insulting at all, even though I live in Canada. It takes the point to the extreme, this shows that it doesn't matter where the server is located. Canada's copyright law is only a bit (20 years) more lenient than the law in the EU. It's not that Canad...

One more example on whose law applies where. The Microsoft Windows Media Player case in the EU. The EU demanded that Microsoft prepare a special version of MS Windows without the Media Player embedded. This product has to be offered in the EU. It doesn't matter that MS is based in the US and that mo...

If EU law applies in Canada, then Canadian law must also apply in the EU... right? EU law applies in the EU and Canadian law applies in Canada. What's legal here might be illegal there. When you are in a foreign country, do business there or offer some service, you have to respect the local law. IM...

Okay, that is just completely wrong, and an unjust unrealistic analogy. What your saying has nothing to do with IMSLP. Maybe you should be talking about p2p software, but that has NOTHING to do with IMSLP, and is just libellous accusations which are, to be frank, BS. Just show me where the analogy ...

I've got the perfect solution for you: find a country where the copyright dies with the composer, move the server there and wait.