On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Reinier Battenberg < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > The best to do is to read Paul's statements on the i-network list. He is > the > laywer. > > Few remarks nevertheless: > > the fact that others are doing wrong, is no excuse to do wrong yourself. > That > goes for anything. As an excuse it will never hold up in court. > > Sites that stream music owned by others and didnt pay, have been shut down > or > come to an agreement with the industry before (like last.fm which is now a > paid service)So there are example cases of the music industry being unhappy > about sites like this. > correction.. Badru is not streaming music, he is simply providing an archive of what has been broadcasted by different radio stations. That is different from streaming an artists music. > > Thing is, you are on the internet. You are broadcasting anywhere in the > world. > > Again, this is not a broadcast... its an archive. The same way that I would archive all news papers from 2000 to date and provide an interface for one to read them. > (i think i read the new text of the new copyright law, as it was posted to > i- > network earlier in the year, and i think this law caters for a body that > collects money like the UK Performance Rights body you mention. Dig in the > archives i'd recommend. or, again, ask paul) > > Is it possible to get this extract from the I-Network archives and post it here. it would be interesting to see the interpretation of the lawyer. -- Mike Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in a million chances happen 99% of the time. ------------------------------------------------------------
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