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It says in your TOS:

MP3s of any kind are not allowed on the Service's servers.

Does that include songs that I've made?! That sounds a bit silly.

When they are yours..it should be fine i think...

I hope you mean yours in the meaning of self composed and not just self recorded .

De Kus wrote:I hope you mean yours in the meaning of self composed and not just self recorded .

Well, maybe a little more clarification may be in order. If the work is all original; then that would not be an issue (providing that the powers that be; approve it). However, now if any kind of sampling is done; now that bring in some questions. Various legal entities thought the world have rules with regards to what constitutes a sample vs stolen works.

Keep in mind:

1) If allowed; who is going to police it?
2) who is going to keep track if any sampling is used? Don't forget the legal regulations for various countries.
3) Uhh; don't want to bring the the wrath of lawers.

Sorry, don't mean to through a wrench into the works. I wonder if ogg or flacc is allowed? Just kidding.

Regards,
p.

Pete wrote:1) If allowed; who is going to police it?
2) who is going to keep track if any sampling is used? Don't forget the legal regulations for various countries.
3) Uhh; don't want to bring the the wrath of lawers.

Sorry, don't mean to through a wrench into the works. I wonder if ogg or flacc is allowed? Just kidding.

Regards,
p.

yeah.. this 3 questions are hard. Maybe the person have to police itself.. just think 'If I had a server...'

Poilice themselves? That'll never work.

I think the server space should be used for other files. You can easily find a free server that allows mp3 files. There are so many of them out there.

(this is just in my opinion)
Things that you made yourself should be allowed, as long as they contain no copyrighted material. so if you just mixed a mad leet song in sound forge or something, I think you should be allowed to post it.

the problem is the checkup. How can we be sure he owns all copyrights and didnt use someone else notes or used even a record for background mixing. Thats the reason why its forbidden in general.

De Kus wrote:the problem is the checkup. How can we be sure he owns all copyrights and didnt use someone else notes or used even a record for background mixing. Thats the reason why its forbidden in general.

I agree with you. It isn't rational for a staff person to check MP3 files all day to see if it is copyright material. People can just upload MP3 files to the free servers that allow it. I'm sure there are plenty out there. There is no reason to waste space on the shell server.

The easy answer I think from admin point of view is a big fat NO!
All of this crap with RIAA etc is one big witch hunt.
Fedora took this stance and removed all support for mp3's (well you can download it yourself but they cleared themselves of liability by not shipping the support by default). I think that is the safe bet. How can you prove that your work is original and doesn't violate copyright -- take silly trademark issues Apple vs Apple. My advice is just avoid getting in to a mess like that.