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Thanks for bringing this up! Things are certainly heating up. I've installed that user script since a while back, and used it. Now I see that musescore.com has

Thanks for bringing this up! Things are certainly heating up. I've installed that user script since a while back, and used it. Now I see that musescore.com has been updated in this arms race, and it now shows a full viewport notice that flickers on a bit after the page loads - "Unauthorized use of Copyrighted Content" etc Their notice is amateurish: > One of the extensions installed on your computer violates the law. Downloading copyright sheet music without a valid Pro subscription is illegal since copyright infringement is banned by the law. Your personal data are being processed in order to report to law enforcement units to prevent intellectual property theft. If you'd like to download sheet music legally, you need to start a PRO subscription.

vultour 6y ago
Wow that's bad. They seem to post similarily pathetic comments on GitHub: https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/42#issuecomment-717531853 https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/42#iss...
ElusiveOwl 6y ago
Yes, MuseScore has taken insane threatening stance to everyone who tries to defy them. Just by having the browser extension without actually using it got me a very menacing message from musescore about "being reported to law enforcement". I believe this is very unprofessional and is mostly made to scare people rather than act as an actual warning or message. They could have said that due to the abuse of such extensions they will block the site access until you turn them off like with adblock. But no they have to say you are getting your ass handed to law enforcement. I wonder who will give any attention to a student just having a publicly available browser extension aimed to view and download music sheets based on previously publicly available museScore APIs.
- kzrdude 6y ago
  The developer site that documents the API seems to be down now, however. As I understand it, musescore.org and musescore.com are related in name only, or what's the closer connection? Does musescore.com sponsor MuseScore (app) development?
- kzrdude 6y ago
  More fun: https://musescore.com/groups/improving-musescore-com/discuss/5080007 https://musescore.com/groups/improving-musescore-com/discuss... Composers don't have an option to assert their own copyright, and musescore.com declares that their work is "PD". It could be seen as uploading to musescore is an implicit grant of PD status.
SpectrumStrix 6y ago
It still works. Even if they give you that screen you can quickly download again.
- SpectrumStrix 6y ago
  but sadly if you do this. The police will keep information of this.

vultour 6y ago

Wow that's bad. They seem to post similarily pathetic comments on GitHub: https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/42#issuecomment-717531853 https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/42#iss...

ElusiveOwl 6y ago

Yes, MuseScore has taken insane threatening stance to everyone who tries to defy them. Just by having the browser extension without actually using it got me a very menacing message from musescore about "being reported to law enforcement". I believe this is very unprofessional and is mostly made to scare people rather than act as an actual warning or message. They could have said that due to the abuse of such extensions they will block the site access until you turn them off like with adblock. But no they have to say you are getting your ass handed to law enforcement. I wonder who will give any attention to a student just having a publicly available browser extension aimed to view and download music sheets based on previously publicly available museScore APIs.

kzrdude 6y ago
The developer site that documents the API seems to be down now, however. As I understand it, musescore.org and musescore.com are related in name only, or what's the closer connection? Does musescore.com sponsor MuseScore (app) development?
kzrdude 6y ago
More fun: https://musescore.com/groups/improving-musescore-com/discuss/5080007 https://musescore.com/groups/improving-musescore-com/discuss... Composers don't have an option to assert their own copyright, and musescore.com declares that their work is "PD". It could be seen as uploading to musescore is an implicit grant of PD status.

SpectrumStrix 6y ago

It still works. Even if they give you that screen you can quickly download again.

SpectrumStrix 6y ago
but sadly if you do this. The police will keep information of this.