Hey Nate, Yes that more or less the idea, just the legal boundaries are vague and encouragingly enough a lawyer is probably needed :(
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Discuss mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Public performance number of people? (Nate Otto) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:30:52 -0800 > From: Nate Otto <[email protected]> > To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in > particular <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] Public performance number of people? > Message-ID: > <CAPk0ugndpB_RsFFdWwgO66WY2JpOw9TnV9YKYHxM5Qi3Vekj=q...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > (IANAL) The law hasn't caught up to a lot of edge cases like this. You > would basically be making a fair use argument, but you're essentially > transmitting the content, so if the MPAA heard of this type of watching > being a thing, they would probably try to drag you into court to defend the > line against potentially fair uses like this. > > Streaming media businesses should take note that users want to do this > though. Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu Plus could all use it as a selling point > if you could stream a movie synced up with another user. > > -Nate > @ottonomy > http://ottonomy.net > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11/02/12 01:58, andrea fassina wrote: > > > > > > The context is online. For example, if I want to share my pc screen > with > > > someone else so that we could be tuned to the same content, how many > > > people would need to be connected to me before it is considered a > public > > > performance. If the screen is shared with a friend living in another > > > country or maybe more than one, is there a number? A guideline? > > > > Exporting or broadcasting the work internationally, and local laws in > > other countries, can all make this more complex. > > > > > And I owe a legal copy of the content, I am in my house the other > person > > > in his/hers. > > > > As people have mentioned, it's a complex question. Some random person on > > the Internet saying "it's totally fine, go ahead, there won't be any > > problem" won't be doing you or them any favors. You really would need to > > ask a lawyer for a reply that you could feel confident in relying on. > > > > Which illustrates the practical as well as ethical problems with > > copyright law, but I appreciate isn't much help to you. > > > > - Rob. > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.freeculture.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20120211/4bb02d21/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > End of Discuss Digest, Vol 62, Issue 7 > ************************************** >
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