Dave Garrett Posted July 17, 2016 Report Posted July 17, 2016 Mainspring Press has released a "Personal Use Edition" of Brian Rust's Jazz Records discography containing all entries from 1917-1934 into the public domain. It is available for free download in both PDF and DOC formats. Looks like they don't intend to publish a seventh edition, and are hoping to crowdsource future updates of the data set that's being released. The notice at the bottom of each page is confusing - they indicate they're placing the material into the public domain, but only for non-commercial uses, and they retain the rights to commercial publication? I'm not a copyright lawyer, but those appear to be conflicting statements. Seems like they should have released the material under a Creative Commons license rather than declaring it PD if their intent was to open up access but proscribe commercial use. More details here: https://78records.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/free-download-of-brian-rusts-jazz-records-discography-is-now-available/ Quote
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