Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2006-08-22 01:47
Steve Epstein wrote:
> And anyway, I thought that copyright violations had to involve
> performance, not just playing something,
Performance may be construed in different ways by different courts.
> or involve the
> unauthorized reproduction of a performance, such as downloading
> an mp3 from an unauthorized site.
Or the music itself, or a derivitave work (music or performace), or mechanical (recording) rights.
For instance, you can get performance rights without recording rights. Which is why the ICA concerts are not available as a commercial recording.
It gets very complicated very quickly.
But, I always love the old saw "I do it as a favor to the groups and recording industry ....". If the industry wanted the favor, they'd put their name on the music when they gave it away ...
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