...content on YouTube which would be instantly pounced on by the RIAA legal weasels if they were posted as MP3 audio-only. Home-made "music videos" consisting of nothing more than a...(yet). But it's an intersting technical and legal challange to locate individuals scattered all over the world who are distributing music and some of them don't even realize that they're doing anything illegal.
... put video up of a band doing a cover, but if you encode the same thing without the video as a .mp3, you can't. Huh? Does YouTube have MP3s now? Covers are a different issue. You aren't distributing a copy of the actual record, you're just using the ... instantly pounced on by the RIAA legal weasels if they were posted as MP3 audio-only. Home-made "music videos" ...
... <lcarg...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: You can actually put video up of a band doing a cover, but if you encode the same thing without the video as a .mp3, you can't. Huh? Does YouTube have MP3s now? Covers are a different issue. You aren't distributing a copy of the actual record, you're just using the song. You should pay royalties on it, but ...
... do that, some don't care, and some are happy to have the publicity. You can actually put video up of a band doing a cover, but if you encode the same thing without the video as a .mp3, you can't. This just shows it's all about doing what the voices in your head tell you to do. All the protestation about "theft", "rights violation" and principle go out the window when we get a warm ...
...>>>>> different thoughts. So it's fair if making a copy helps someone carry out his trade or business, unfair if it doesn't? This is just the old argument: "It CAN'T be illegal if I really WANT to do it!" :-) In case you don't understand: I think that, when a physical copy can't be bought, it is fair use to make a physical copy, when one is needed....
...might have different thoughts. So it's fair if making a copy helps someone carry out his trade or business, unfair if it doesn't? This is just the old argument: "It CAN'T be illegal if I really WANT to do it!" :-) In case you don't understand: I think that, when a physical copy can't be bought, it is fair use to make a physical copy, when one is needed. I...
...Jan 2008 15:57:44 +0100, Chel van Gennip <chel-news@vangennip.nl> wrote: So I still think the RIAA is saying: "Ripping a CD and put it in a folder shared with your wife is illegal." Of course they are, and they are right. Buying a CD buys the right to listen to that CD. The owner and his guests or ...
... 02 Jan 2008 15:57:44 +0100, Chel van Gennip <chel-news@vangennip.nl> wrote: So I still think the RIAA is saying: "Ripping a CD and put it in a folder shared with your wife is illegal." Of course they are, and they are right. Buying a CD buys the right to listen to that CD. The owner and his guests or relatives ...
On Jan 2, 7:56 am, Chel van Gennip <chel-n...@vangennip.nl> wrote: If I understand this correctly, it is saying: Ripping a CD an put it in a folder shared with your wife is illegal. This may actually be correct. There may be a community property issue that varies from state to state (does everything that belongs to ...
On Jan 2, 7:56 am, Chel van Gennip <chel-n...@vangennip.nl> wrote: If I understand this correctly, it is saying: Ripping a CD an put it in a folder shared with your wife is illegal. This may actually be correct. There may be a community property issue that varies from state to state (does everything that belongs to ...
