Hmm... if a video plays in a national park and no one is around to watch
it, is it being performed publically?

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Karl Fogel <[email protected]>wrote:

> Adi Kamdar <[email protected]> writes:
> >Yeah, context is key—there aren't any hard lines or numbers. There
> >also seems to be some deference to the nature of the performance—if
> >it's commercial, if it's in an educational context, etc.
> >
> >for example:
> >
> >http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/110.html
>
> Remember: if you don't have to ask a lawyer, then the law isn't doing
> its job :-).
>
> -K
>
> >On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >    On 10/02/12 19:20, andrea fassina wrote:
> >    >
> >    > maybe someone knows the answer, but how many viewers need to be
> >    in a
> >    > room before the show is considered a public performance?
> >
> >
> >    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_rights
> >
> >    "Performances are considered "public" if they take place in a
> >    public
> >    place and the audience is outside of a normal circle of friends
> >    and
> >    family, including concerts, nightclubs, restaurants etc. Public
> >    performance also includes broadcast and cable television, radio,
> >    and any
> >    other transmitted performance of a live song."
> >
> >    So I think its more context than number, and so I'd guess one *if*
> >    it's
> >    not your friend or family and it's not your apartment. But maybe
> >    there's
> >    some useful case law on the subject.
> >
> >    - Rob.
> >
> >
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