The Preservation Act.
After Andrew from Preservation contacted me the other day about my promise to upload the Saddleback album, I sort of had a little epiphony and decided to draw up some guidelines. Because of the party that brought this little change of heart about, I decided to name it after them - Cheers! Make this the first amendment of the RHPro constitution.
THE PRESERVATION ACT
From now until eternity, the following shall be observed:
I [RHPro Constitutional Outline]
a This constitution may be changed at any time by the host or by consent of the host.
b Failure to follow these rules and guidelines may result in undesired post editing.
bb If you have to be told more than once, you shouldn’t be writing here.
II [Numerical Guidelines and Limits]
a No album or albums uploaded to any ftp shall be shared on this blog.
aa Promotional mixes are an exception, and don’t count as albums.
b No more than two mp3s from any single album shall be included per post.
bb … Unless the album is a mix or compilation and contains a number of different artists
III [Credit and Citation]
a Authors may choose to check the RIAA record label listing before posting any mp3s.
aa Artists whose labels are on this list should not be posted.
aaa Any mp3 shared should not have artist - title.mp3 format.
b Links at the bottom of posts should link back to the artist or label’s website
bb If no artist/label website is found, link to artist’s myspace page.
bbb If none of the above is found, a website must be provided to donate to or buy from the artist.
c If available, authors must should use mp3s provided by the artist or label.
cc If no mp3s are publicly available, authors may upload mp3s observing rule II-b.
Stay tuned.
