It was mentioned that there is a dearth of ITM in torrent forums, which I can understand, but also dispute because there are a great many torrent sites and you can't just look in any single one to find what you're looking for. That being said
Note the Robbie Hannon (I'm currently seeding this -- help me out! my ratio is way under quota), Joe Heaney, Horslips, Teada, Old Blind Dogs, radio archives, Sharon Shannon, more.
Use the search feature to find other music not listed here, the archive location of the torrent is determined by the person who uploaded it. There are some excelIent performances of Fairport Convention, and lots of Chieftains material, for example. I plan on creating a few torrents of CD's I have, whose copyright has expired..
I should add that, this particular site deals in strictly unofficial material and will not allow the uploading of any 'official' material, even if the copyright has expired. It's mostly for live performances, radio broadcasts, demo recordings, etc., which, as far as I'm concerned is what this kind of thing should be used for.
That happened to me when I first tried to register, I tried again and was approved an hour later. I'm considering taking some of the trad stuff from this site and uploading it elsewhere, where it is more accessible. I'll post that info here if I do it.
Just a point, but it's absolutely impossible that the copyright on any CD's recordings has expired (!) since the CD only came into existence in the mid-1980s and copyright is at least 50-75 years depending upon your area of the world.
ITM Torrents
ITM Torrents
There was a recent thread on the ethical and legal questions of uploading torrents to share with other people, for free
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/13968
It was mentioned that there is a dearth of ITM in torrent forums, which I can understand, but also dispute because there are a great many torrent sites and you can't just look in any single one to find what you're looking for. That being said
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-browse.php?cat=57&page=0
Note the Robbie Hannon (I'm currently seeding this -- help me out! my ratio is way under quota), Joe Heaney, Horslips, Teada, Old Blind Dogs, radio archives, Sharon Shannon, more.
Use the search feature to find other music not listed here, the archive location of the torrent is determined by the person who uploaded it. There are some excelIent performances of Fairport Convention, and lots of Chieftains material, for example. I plan on creating a few torrents of CD's I have, whose copyright has expired..
# Posted on June 23rd 2007 by gravelwalks
Re: ITM Torrents
I should add that, this particular site deals in strictly unofficial material and will not allow the uploading of any 'official' material, even if the copyright has expired. It's mostly for live performances, radio broadcasts, demo recordings, etc., which, as far as I'm concerned is what this kind of thing should be used for.
# Posted on June 23rd 2007 by gravelwalks
Re: ITM Torrents
Maximum number of registered users reached on that torrent site, sadly. I'll try again later.
# Posted on June 25th 2007 by Martin_BC
Re: ITM Torrents
That happened to me when I first tried to register, I tried again and was approved an hour later. I'm considering taking some of the trad stuff from this site and uploading it elsewhere, where it is more accessible. I'll post that info here if I do it.
# Posted on June 25th 2007 by gravelwalks
Re: ITM Torrents
Just a point, but it's absolutely impossible that the copyright on any CD's recordings has expired (!) since the CD only came into existence in the mid-1980s and copyright is at least 50-75 years depending upon your area of the world.
# Posted on June 25th 2007 by MacCruiskeen
Re: ITM Torrents
You're right, I should have said 'out of print' or in some cases, things that never were in print.
# Posted on June 26th 2007 by gravelwalks