any interest in an early nineties cassette collection?

[thinkingthinkingthinking]

It's all a bit of a maze for the uninitiated. If I can work out how to contribute without messing anything up, then I'll have a go.

On copyright, I hear the Swedish Pirate Party membership is growing very fast, and that they are likely to get a seat in the European Parliament. I wonder how much potential there is for this movement to grow in other countries. The UK party seems to be non-existent at the moment.

If a UK or international Pirate Party gains enough of a political base on the back of the Swedish success, then perhaps it would be worthwhile to give it some support. Sensible changes in copyright laws could perhaps allow the data in this project to be consolidated onto a single server, which would allow a fully functional relational database to be constructed without the risk of it becoming outdated as links go bad, etc.

Of course, it's best to go on with what is happening now as long as the laws stay stupid, but if there is a chance of copyright liberalisation, then it may be worth supporting the movement and thinking about how to make the best of the potential opportunities.


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:
>
> Martin makes a valid point here. Moreover, the reason the lists on the Wiki are 'not comprehensive' is because they're still in progress: there is a massive amount to get through. But we're trying our hardest! And all are welcome to contribute, as always.
> 
> Best wishes
> Steve [TK}
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Martin Wheatley <martinw@> wrote:
> >
> > At 13:03 06/05/2009, you wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > >Wow! I had completely forgotten that these 
> > >tracks were just one per show over so many 
> > >weeks. The compilation must have taken a lot of 
> > >work to put together. The fact that the links 
> > >are all there at johnpeeldotnet shows that the 
> > >lists on the Wiki are definitely not 
> > >comprehensive, which I did not realise before. 
> > >It seems very insecure to have all the Peel 
> > >recordings spread around various file sharing 
> > >sites with links listed in such a haphazard way. 
> > >I realise this may help avoid copyright 
> > >challenges, but are there any longer term plans 
> > >to work towards collecting all the recordings onto a dedicated server?
> > 
> > It's a lot safer as it is than putting them all in one place where
> > they would make a most tempting target.  There is a story on
> > The Register today that they plan to increase the maximum
> > fine for copyright violation to £50,000
> > 
> > martinw
> >
>