On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 16:39 -0700, radish wrote: > AFAIK there is no legal "collection size", if you're allowing users to > stream stuff under their control (i.e. they can select tracks) then you > need to be licensed for distribution (expensive - see ITMS). It doesn't > matter whether you're sharing 1 track or 100,000.
We had 40,000 CDs, about 400,000 tracks, plus or minus. But we got the letter, negotiated, tried to get appropriate licenses, and closed down the business rather than get sued and lose our houses. And we were not "sharing" anything. The RIAA meeting/negotiation that I went to had more lawyers than any other collection that I've ever seen. They were all lawyers and had outside council as well. > If it's pure > broadcast with no user control then it gets simpler (you're basically a > radio station rather than a shop), you can get a statutory license (most > of the major streaming stations do that). Radio station-style, where the broadcaster determines what is played, is clearly covered by the DMCA and is much more affordable. As you say, this is wandering off topic. But since I got burned after getting legal advice, my advice is to get your own legal guidance from someone who specializes in this stuff. An hour of such legal advice will cost far more than the Original Poster's computer. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
