Saierk,
Your message below certainly got my attention and
frankly concerns me greatly.
I looked you up in the members log and see
that you have been in this group for less than 24 hours. If you are
expressing disappointment that you can't find copyrighted performances
here, I'm glad to hear it. We are scrupulous in keeping such material off
our site.
If you don't like this policy, I suggest you
discuss it... ...in some other group or try this link:
disklavier-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.
I'm not trying to be self-righteous or holier-than-thou, but I've spent two
years defending this group against the slings and arrows of one or two
misinformed jerks who claimed our main purpose was to circumvent copyrights and
that we are a bunch of pirates. As you've discovered, nothing could be
further from the truth! ;
We are a private, members-only group, that shares
private performances internally, for our own enjoyment only and do not use them
for commercial purpose. Some of the compositions still carry
copyright protection for their songwriters, but private non-commercial
performances are exempt from royalties under copyright law. The wonderful
thing about this group, is that you can find a lot of this material here which
is forced off of public websites by the Harry Fox Agency (songwriters version of
ASCAP/BMI). If you're tired of classical and ragtime, this is the club to
belong to.
If you would prefer a Napster, piracy focused,
alternative, I don't have any recommendations. If you find one or start
one yourself, please don't tell me about it or post info about on this board, or
you will find yourself a former member of this particular group. Hope this
more than answers your question.
----- Original Message -----From: saierkSent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 12:54 AMSubject: [disklavier] Napster of Disklavier ?The internet has brought about a huge movement in electonic "file
sharing". This has included both copyrighted and non-copyrighted
material. In the audio world, Napster proliferated the practice.
When Napster closed up, it was replaced by a hundred other file
sharing sites that share both copyrighted and non-copyrighted files.
Where are the "Napster" sites of Disklavier files?
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