I'd like to point out that any blanket bans or one-size-fits-all rules would be total bullshit unless they ban *everything*.
From a copyright perspective, everything shared on this site is illegal. That's just how it is. A lot of artists look the other way, of course... John Lennon used to like buying bootlegs of his own shows for Christ's sake... morally, I don't think there's anything wrong with the sharing of a live performance that was never going to be recorded properly.
Legally speaking, though (there is a huge difference between morality and legality, ha-ha) it's all bad stuff. If Brian May felt like being a jerk, he could have this whole place shut down unless we got rid of the Announce forum.
That's just something to keep in mind while people argue over what should be 'allowed'. True enough, we could allow stuff that won't get us in trouble, but one should always remember - it's still not legal.
Unfortunately I only got a very average passing grade in Music copyright so I can't quote you the exact laws here. Haw-haw.
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Hi Zebronka,
I think this website is somewhat cautioned by the fan club and the band itself. The band has no interest in having a myriad of websites offering Queen non-official music, but they at least need one to have a fan community somewhere and keep the buzz, keep the Queen alive and satisfy the Queen fans. It was more than ever the case between 1991 and today I think, you know why. That way the band kept the fans busy and their music stil had a public even if there were few official music published. So the band is fully aware of Queenzone and the sharing thing on it, no doubt about it. They just gently close their eyes and let us do and keep the flame up, and the "Queen spirit" still up in our minds.
On the condition that we don't share official stuff. So the problem of the band wanting to close this site down is not raised, provided we don't share official stuff. Legally or not, I'm quite sure the band won't close down this Announce forum if we keep walking in the good lines. Sharing is OK in these lines. They don't have too many problems with us, so we don't have too many problems with them. But the moderators could bring more light about the position of the band towards Queenzone.
That's what is discussed here, what can we do to make sure official stuff is not posted here, intentionnally or not.
Regards,
Olivier,
France.
I think this website is somewhat cautioned by the fan club and the band itself. The band has no interest in having a myriad of websites offering Queen non-official music, but they at least need one to have a fan community somewhere and keep the buzz, keep the Queen alive and satisfy the Queen fans. It was more than ever the case between 1991 and today I think, you know why. That way the band kept the fans busy and their music stil had a public even if there were few official music published. So the band is fully aware of Queenzone and the sharing thing on it, no doubt about it. They just gently close their eyes and let us do and keep the flame up, and the "Queen spirit" still up in our minds.
On the condition that we don't share official stuff. So the problem of the band wanting to close this site down is not raised, provided we don't share official stuff. Legally or not, I'm quite sure the band won't close down this Announce forum if we keep walking in the good lines. Sharing is OK in these lines. They don't have too many problems with us, so we don't have too many problems with them. But the moderators could bring more light about the position of the band towards Queenzone.
That's what is discussed here, what can we do to make sure official stuff is not posted here, intentionnally or not.
Regards,
Olivier,
France.
I totally agree with John. No need to write lists, forget something and then have a 10 page discussion why a share was deleted although it was not on the list. The more we delete the less people think for themselves - we really saw this in the last days. If you are unsure if you can share something, just ask and someone will help you out.
Btw - this thread is in the wrong forum ;)
Btw - this thread is in the wrong forum ;)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]YourValentine wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I totally agree with John. No need to write lists, forget something and then have a 10 page discussion why a share was deleted although it was not on the list. The more we delete the less people think for themselves - we really saw this in the last days. If you are unsure if you can share something, just ask and someone will help you out.
Btw - this thread is in the wrong forum ;)[/QUOTE]
OK so to make the long story short - no official releases shared, if you're in doubt ask the moderator, correct ?
BTW - sorry :-) Where would you prefer to have it ?
Btw - this thread is in the wrong forum ;)[/QUOTE]
OK so to make the long story short - no official releases shared, if you're in doubt ask the moderator, correct ?
BTW - sorry :-) Where would you prefer to have it ?
If you are unsure, ask the forum:)
I was only joking about the wrong forum - the internet won't collapse if a message is in a wrong section. The correct forum would have been the "Queenzone" forum (which nobody reads) or the sharing forum;)
I was only joking about the wrong forum - the internet won't collapse if a message is in a wrong section. The correct forum would have been the "Queenzone" forum (which nobody reads) or the sharing forum;)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]YourValentine wrote: [/QUOTENAME]If you are unsure, ask the forum:)
I was only joking about the wrong forum - the internet won't collapse if a message is in a wrong section. The correct forum would have been the "Queenzone" forum (which nobody reads) or the sharing forum;)[/QUOTE]
Yes, you're right, the internet will collapse if you type "google" into google :-) (IT Crowd fans will understand :-))
I was only joking about the wrong forum - the internet won't collapse if a message is in a wrong section. The correct forum would have been the "Queenzone" forum (which nobody reads) or the sharing forum;)[/QUOTE]
Yes, you're right, the internet will collapse if you type "google" into google :-) (IT Crowd fans will understand :-))
Thanks for your lights Barbara.
Hope everyone will take the time before asking, if they don't know.
Do you think there are other ideas that could be used coming from the Deep Purple forum ?
They have some great ideas, not always cleverly made, but some could maybe be interesting.
I was thinking about an artwork forum for example.
Regards,
Olivier,
France.
Hope everyone will take the time before asking, if they don't know.
Do you think there are other ideas that could be used coming from the Deep Purple forum ?
They have some great ideas, not always cleverly made, but some could maybe be interesting.
I was thinking about an artwork forum for example.
Regards,
Olivier,
France.
Reforming of the QZ rules has always been the mind game for QZers who doesn't like the Hoekie Woutstra games in "General"...
I would not have said reforming, but adding a new tool to help us. Nothing more !
Regards,
Olivier,
France.
Regards,
Olivier,
France.
To all the "IP ban is a solution" people: Ever heard of dynamic IP?
IP bans simply wouldn't work nowadays. The person reconnects once, and his IP is brand new. And maybe some unfortunate bastard will try to register on the forum and will fail because someone else from the same ISP randomly got the banned IP.
Or did you all think the whole "reconnect and use Rapidshare again" used to work simply because Rapidshare would "forget" your PC once you got disconnected? :)
IP bans simply wouldn't work nowadays. The person reconnects once, and his IP is brand new. And maybe some unfortunate bastard will try to register on the forum and will fail because someone else from the same ISP randomly got the banned IP.
Or did you all think the whole "reconnect and use Rapidshare again" used to work simply because Rapidshare would "forget" your PC once you got disconnected? :)