IMSLP dissapears - any news

[Contratrombone64]

I'm devastated, looks like IMSLP is off line again ... they normally put up a "regular maintenance" page when they're tweaking their knobs.

Eeeeiiiikkkk.

Can any access this at present (www.imslp.org)

 

[Krummhorn]

Oh my gosh ... not again ... I hope not. I can't access it from the US either :bawl:

Hopefully it's just a server crash, or hosting problem.

Thankfully, I have been downloading and storing hundreds of public domain pdf scores for organ for the past year or so, adding to my 'virtual' library.

 

[Contratrombone64]

Yes, Lars, me too. I now have 5 days off, where I planned on continuing my orchestration of Puccini's La Bohéme (for small[er]) orchestra. Lucky I saved the individual PDFs on my work computer. Damn nuisance that I've got to trek into the office to get the files.

 

[Art Rock]

http://www.talkclassical.com/13039-imslp-under-attack-music.html

 

[Contratrombone64]

Art Rock, my friend, thanks for that (I thought as much) and thanks as it has a helpful link.

 

[Krummhorn]

The MPA withdrew their claim ... IMSLP is back up and running again.

It is quite apparent that the MPA made a serious error and public outcry seems to have won .

The whole story can be read on this IMSLP forum page.