Talk:Suggestion/@comment-2605:A000:B885:7E00:54E6:6282:19C2:F83E-20191121014437/@comment-30992949-20191122010124

Hi! This is a great question, I don't believe this is stated anywhere, so thanks for asking! Remember to post this message in Ask Box instead of Suggestions though since this is a question!

But, since you're here.... Here's your answer. Do note that the Love Live and BanG Dream wiki are allowed to do whatever they want, it's up to those who are running it to decide what goes on the wiki. None of the things I'm about to say are official rules.

There are a few reasons why the i7 Wiki doesn't post the full version for songs. The main one being 1) Copyright. The others being 2) the fact all songs are behind a pay wall, 3) file limitations, and 4) morals.

1. Japan has a really strict Copyright rule about its contents being distributed and it's extremely frowned upon- by both the official staff and fellow Japanese fans. I don't want the wiki to have a bad name for itself among the Japanese fans and the staff.

2. The legal way to get the full version of a song in i7, is to buy it. This is to encourage support for the franchise and its wonderful staff. We want people to buy things. The wiki is here as a resource and as a supplement to the franchise. Not a replacement. If you're a foreigner and worried about region-lock things, use a proxy like CDJapan, Animate International, or AmazonJP. And if you're in the United States, all of the i7 songs are available on iTunes the day they're released once it hit midnight in said timezone.

3. Self-explanatory! The songs file sizes are really big!! In order to upload them to the wiki you have to convert it to the .oog file format to makes it smaller. It ruins the quality. I don't want to ruin the quality of these really good songs that deserve to be listened to at the highest quality. It hurts me personally.

4. I just don't think it's a good idea for a site out in the public to do. You're free to do share song files in private between your close group of friends, I can't stop you. But I just don't personally think it's a good idea to do it out in public. ><