Isn't it possible to define 'members only' a bit better?
When I register I'm a member... and am able to copy stuff etc.
Could we not add a smart tool or procedure to avoid this?
- you should ask for it, when you want to join that part.
- you should accept a form with some rules (e.g. don't distribute or copy things on that area of the forum etc.)
??
EDIT: we also should think about copyright in this forum part.
It is not allowed to copy sheets etc. But there are some exceptions when used for analyzing music (scientific (or as musician?)) or learning a computer program (lilypond)...
For example, I put 'Zeven Nation Army' from The Elephant on score and midi. To see how they made up that song, how the drum, bass and guitar parts are and how to write it down with lilypond and use it in a midi sequencer.
I like to share it to show how to use lilypond and for example for some people who want to pratice the bassguitar and want to use the midi file as drums backing midi track...
But I don't put it on this public site, cause then it will be copied all over....
Maybe the 'members only' part will allow me to share these explorings and files...
This is what someone said on the lilypond user mailinglist about this issue
It appears that some people are posting snippets of music from artists who haven't been dead yet for 50 years, the main criteria for public domain stuff in Canada.
Just for the record:
The Canadian Copyright Act (
http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/info/act-e.html) states "Fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study does not infringe copyright". The wikipedia article on '"fair dealing" at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_deali ... _in_Canada gives some good guidelines"
"...six principal criteria for evaluating fair dealing.
1. *The Purpose of the Dealing* Is it for research, private study,
criticism, review or news reporting? It expresses that "these
allowable purposes should not be given a restrictive
interpretation or this could result in the undue restriction of
users' rights."
Indeed, it seems the Copyright Act spends most of its time dealing with what *is not* an infringement. Back to wikipedia:
* " 3. The Amount of the Dealing* How much of the work was used? What was the importance of the infringed work? Quoting trivial amounts may alone sufficiently establish fair dealing. In some cases even quoting the entire work may be fair dealing."
Ok, enough.. I just wanted to touch on this in a public forum... I think using snippets of works, and posting them, to learn a computer program
is "fair dealing." I won't be losing any sleep over it.
