International Music Score Library Project: Difference between revisions

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Besides providing a digital repository, IMSLP offers possibilities as a [[musicology|musicological]] encyclopaedia, since multiple and historical editions of a single composition can be uploaded, and musicological analyses and historical commentaries accompany the scores. Also, pages on publishers provide valuable information, and the work pages themselves often contain a large quantity of information, e.g. roles in an opera.

IMSLP is officially recommended by [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/archives/354 |title=Wiki of public ___domain classical scores |accessdate=2007-11-06 |author=Moore, Christie |date=2007-01-05 |work=MIT Library News }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=12401&sid=104163 |title=Research Guides: Music |accessdate=2008-09-04 |year=2008 |work=MIT Libraries }}</ref> which also used it extensively in some of its [[MIT OpenCourseWare|OpenCourseWare]] courses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-250Fall-2006/Listening/index.htm |title=21M.250 Schubert to Debussy, Fall 2006 |accessdate=2007-11-06 |author=MIT |year=2007 |work=MIT OpenCourseWare |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071013150248/http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-250Fall-2006/Listening/index.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-262Fall-2006/Listening/index.htm |title=21M.262 Modern Music:1900-1960, Fall 2006 |accessdate=2007-11-06 |author=MIT |year=2007 |work=MIT OpenCourseWare |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071013150253/http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-262Fall-2006/Listening/index.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-13}}</ref> It is suggested as a resource by the [[Sibley Music Library]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/?page=request|title=Request Public Domain Scores|accessdate=2009-02-01|year=2008|work=Sibley Music Library}}</ref> and by libraries at other universities such as [[Stanford University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/music/research_help/outsidelinks.html#sheet |title=Outside links of interest |accessdate=2008-09-04 |year=2007 |work=Stanford University, Libraries and Academic Information Resources }}</ref> [[University of California, Los Angeles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/music/12291.cfm|title=UCLA Library / Music Library / Music Scores and Sheet Music Online|accessdate=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=University of California Music Library}}</ref> [[Brown University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dl.lib.brown.edu/gateway/program.php?programid=45&task=internet#32 |title=Selected internet resources for music |accessdate=2008-09-04 |author=Quist, Ned |year= 2007|work=Brown University Library }}</ref> [[University of Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/archives.html#music|title=The Online Books Page: Archives and Indexes|accessdate=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=Penn Libraries}}</ref> [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.library.wisc.edu/resources/scores.html#online-scores |title=Resources: Scores (Printed Music) - Mills Music Library, UW–Madison |accessdate=2008-09-04 |year=2007 |work=University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries }}</ref> [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oberlinconservatorylibrary.blogspot.com/2007/04/classical-music-in-public-___domain.html |title=Classical Music in the Public Domain |accessdate=2008-09-04 |author=Conlib |date=2007-04-26 |work=News from the Oberlin Conservatory Library }}</ref> [[Manhattan School of Music]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.msmnyc.edu/screens/freestuff.html |title=Free stuff on the web |accessdate=2008-09-04 |author=Sharp, Peter Jay |year=2007 |work=The Peter Jay Sharp Library, Manhattan School of Music }}</ref> [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/scores.html#section4 |title=Finding Music Scores, UM Libraries |accessdate=2008-09-04 |year=2007 |work=University of Maryland Libraries }}</ref> [[University of Washington]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/Music/dr/elsco.html |title=Musical Scores |accessdate=2008-09-04 |year=2007 |work=University of Washington Libraries }}</ref> [[University of Cincinnati]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libraries.uc.edu/libraries/ccm/research/OnlineMusic.html|title=OnlineMusic|accessdate=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=University of Cincinnati Albino Gorno Memorial Music Library}}</ref> [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/Music/online_scores.html|title=Finding Online Scores|accessdate=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=UWM Music Library}}</ref> [[Appalachian State University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/emusic.html|title=Electronic Scores|accessdate=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=Appalachian State University Library}}</ref> in the US, [[McGill University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mcgill.ca/music-library/collections/links/onlinescores/ |title=Scores (online databases and indexes) |accessdate=2008-09-04 |year=2007 |work=Marvin Duchow Music Library, McGill }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> in Canada, [[University of Oxford]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/music/eresources/links|title=Useful Links - Music Faculty Library|accessdate=2009-02-12|year=2008|work=Music Faculty Library}}</ref> [[University of Cambridge]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/external/pendlebury/wwwresources.html|title=Faculty of Music: Pendlebury Library - Online Resources|accessdate=2009-02-12|year=2007|work=Pendlebury Library of Music}}</ref> [[University of Edinburgh]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resbysub/music_dbs.shtml|title=Edinburgh University Library: Resources By Subject: Music Databases, E-Journals, Search Tools & Websites|accessdate=2009-02-12|year=2008|work=Edinburgh University Library}}</ref> [[University of Bristol]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/library/subjects/music/internetlinks/|title=Bristol University / Information Services / Internet links|accessdate=2009-02-12|year=2009|work=Bristol University Library}}</ref> in the UK, [[University of Melbourne]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/Content.aspx?topicID=581|title=VCA / LENTON PARR LIBRARY / Music / Websites|accessdate=2009-02-12|year=2009|work=Lenton Parr Library}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> in Australia, and others.

===Awards===

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===Closure and reopening===

On October 19, 2007 the IMSLP closed following legal demands from [[Universal Edition]] of [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].<ref name=cd>{{cite web |url = http://imslpforums.org/Second%20U-E%20Cease%20and%20Desist%20Letter.pdf |title = Cease and Desist Letter from Universal Edition AG |accessdate = 2007-10-20 |last = Clark |first = Ken |date =2007-10-05 |format = PDF |publisher = Aird & Berlis LLP |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071023090807/http://imslpforums.org/Second+U-E+Cease+and+Desist+Letter.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-23}}</ref> The [[cease and desist]] letter expressed concern that some works that are in public ___domain in the server's ___location in Canada with [[copyright]] protection of 50 years post-mortem, but which are protected by the 70 years post mortem term in some other countries, were available in those countries. The administrator of the website, known under the nickname Feldmahler, decided to close down the repository, but left the forums online so that discussions into the best way to proceed could be made:<ref name="multiple" />

{{quotation|On Saturday October 13, 2007, I received a second Cease and Desist letter from Universal Edition. At first I thought this letter would be similar in content to the first Cease and Desist letter I received in August. However, after lengthy discussions with very knowledgeable lawyers and supporters, I became painfully aware of the fact that I, a normal college student, has neither the energy nor the money necessary to deal with this issue in any other way than to agree with the cease and desist, and take down the entire site. I cannot apologize enough to all IMSLP contributors, who have done so much for IMSLP in the last two years.|Feldmahler (project leader)}}

In response, director [[Michael S. Hart]] of [[Project Gutenberg]] offered support to keep the project online.<ref>{{cite mailing list |last =Hart |first=Michael |title=Re: Three quick links on digitizations and their constraints |mailinglist=Book People |authorlink=Michael S. Hart |date=2007-10-23 |url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/bparchive?year=2007&post=2007-10-23,2 |accessdate=2007-12-29}}</ref> This offer was declined by Feldmahler, who voiced concern about having the project hosted in the [[United States]], and consulted the Canadian wing of Project Gutenberg.<ref name="multiple">{{cite web |url = http://imslp.on-wiki.net/Open_letter |title = Open letter |accessdate = 2008-02-02 |last = Feldmahler |date = 2007-10-19 }}</ref> On November 2, 2007, [[Michael Geist]], a prominent [[Canada|Canadian]] copyright academic, wrote an article for the [[BBC]] discussing the specifics and the wider implications of this case.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7074786.stm |title = The day the music died |accessdate = 2007-11-03 |last = Geist |first = Michael |authorlink = Michael Geist |date =2007-11-02 |publisher = BBC News}}</ref>{{Quote box|quote=This case is enormously important<br>from a public ___domain perspective.|source=[[Michael Geist]]}}

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|url = http://imslp.eu/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3319

|title = FAQ Works in TB Status

|accessdate = 2010-05-22}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> However, if a work is public ___domain in Canada and the EU but not in the US, it can be downloaded legally via the new EU server, so a work is now only blocked with [TB] if it is under copyright in both the US and the EU.

===EU Server===

On July 10, 2010, a forum thread<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3794|title=IMSLP-EU|accessdate=2010-07-21}}</ref> announced the opening of a new server, located in [[The Netherlands]]. This server allows works which are public ___domain in Canada and the EU to be downloaded legally, even if they are under copyright in the US. The server is run by an unaffiliated European organization. Files on the EU server are flagged (EU).