From: rwoods@rs1.tcs.tulane.edu (cal woods) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab Subject: INFO: OLGA SITE CLOSED Date: 9 Feb 1996 17:09:35 GMT Organization: Tulane University Hi all - As some of you will already have discovered, the OLGA site at ftp.nevada.edu has been closed because EMI (U.S.A) alleges the University is in breach of U.S copyright law in holding the archive. We do not have any more specific information than this, for example, whether they are concerned with all files or just those by EMI artists, or those for which EMI itself has published tab. While their next move is being considered, U. Nevada has decided to remove access to the archive to everyone, (including the archivists!) If this decision is made permanent, OLGA will be without a home. The OLGA site at U Wisconsin (ftp: ftp.uwp.edu and http: archive.uwp.edu) has also decided to deny access. As far as we know, they have *not* been contacted by EMI At this time, all other sites remain open. These sites are listed below. A new Italian http site has been added! Keep watching this space for more information. cheers :-) cal OLGA SITES ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/guitar/ http://www.guitar.net/olga/ ftp://ftp.uu.net/doc/music/guitar/ http://harmony-central.mit.edu/~ftp/mirrors/olga/guitar/ http://www.vol.it/MIRROR4/EN/olga/ ftp://ftp.cosy.sbg.ac.at/pub/mirror/guitar/ ftp://ftp.diku.dk/pub/music/guitar/ http://gaston.unice.fr/~paubert/musique/src/src.html ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/rec/music/guitar/songs/olga/ ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/rec/music/guitar/songs/olga/ ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/doc/guitar/ ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/misc/guitar/ ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/guitar/ ftp://ftp.ci.ua.pt/pub/music/guitar/other/ ftp://ftp.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pub/mirror/guitar/ Search Engines: http://harmony-central.mit.edu/Guitar/tab.html http://www.libertynet.org/~rossdst/guitar/guitar.cgi/search http://www.leo.org/cgi-bin/music_index http://www.ep.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pkn/music_search/music_search.html ================================================================================ From: rwoods@rs1.tcs.tulane.edu (cal woods) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab Subject: INFO: OLGA SITE CLOSED (2) Date: 13 Feb 1996 20:30:23 GMT Organization: Tulane University All - In addition to nevada.edu and uwp.edu, guitar.net has also decided to close its copy of OLGA. The sites currently open, as of 1500 hrs Tuesday Feb 13, are listed below. The situation: We don't know anything but the bare details: U Nevada received a letter from EMI (U.S.A) alleging that U Nevada was in breach of U.S copyright law in holding OLGA. As far as we know, they were not clear if this meant the whole archive, of just files by EMI artists, or files for which EMI publishes tab books, nor was it specified exactly what law(s) were being broken. U Nevada decided to close ftp.nevada.edu while it is considering its decision. A meeting was held between the U Nevada and its legal counsel yesterday regarding the matter, but we have not heard any news from it. As a voluntary organization that makes files available for free to internet users, OLGA cannot afford any legal representation of its own. Furthermore, since many of the OLGA sites are educational, there is little of benefit to such institutions to take on corporations such as EMI in legal wrangles. This puts OLGA and its network of mirror sites largely at the mercy of any *threat* from outside, (never mind actual proof or court ruling of copyright breach). OLGA would like to thank internet users for the many emails of concern and support it has received. cheers :-) cal 'sometime OLGA archivist' woods cal woods 8221 Spruce St New Orleans Louisiana 70118 ph# 504-865-1376 http://www.olga.net http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~rwoods rcwoods@olga.net guitar@olga.net rcwoods@nevada.edu guitar@nevada.edu This list of mirrors can also be found at http://www.olga.net Note: New addresses have been added for Italy, South Africa and a http address in Portugal. OLGA SITES ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/guitar/ ftp://ftp.uu.net/doc/music/guitar/ http://harmony-central.mit.edu/~ftp/mirrors/olga/guitar/ http://www.vol.it/MIRROR4/EN/olga/ ftp://ftp.cosy.sbg.ac.at/pub/mirror/guitar/ ftp://ftp.diku.dk/pub/music/guitar/ http://gaston.unice.fr/~paubert/musique/src/src.html ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/rec/music/guitar/songs/olga/ ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/rec/music/guitar/songs/olga/ ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/doc/guitar/ ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/misc/guitar/ ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/guitar/ ftp://ftp.ci.ua.pt/pub/music/guitar/other/ http://ftp.ua.pt/music/guitar/other/ ftp://ftp.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pub/mirror/guitar/ ftp://ftp.rbit.co.za/pub/olga Search Engines: http://harmony-central.mit.edu/Guitar/tab.html http://www.libertynet.org/~rossdst/guitar/guitar.cgi/search http://www.leo.org/cgi-bin/music_index http://www.ep.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pkn/music_search/music_search.html ================================================================================ From: rwoods@rs1.tcs.tulane.edu (cal woods) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab Subject: INFO: OLGA SITE CLOSED (3) Date: 14 Feb 1996 22:13:08 GMT Organization: Tulane University Wed Feb 14th 1630hrs U Nevada are still waiting for a reply from EMI as to what exactly they are alleging (what laws are being broken and how) and what files are involved. Since concrete information is as yet unforthcoming from EMI, I would advise against flaming them cheers :-) cal