Hi Tim, Seeking to make money using someone else's work is not always clearly a breach of copyright. If I seek to make money by selling Ubuntu, I don't breach any copyrights. Or if I make money by distributing Ubuntu CDs with ads for that matter.
The question should probably be, do the radio stations have a "Copyright License" something like Creative Commons or GPL? If yes, what does it protect? All content (Including musicians audio tracks?), or is there actually non and is a default in place? I don't know the Ugandan law that much so I think we all need to do some searching, before automatically writing it off as breach of copyright. -----Original Message----- From: Tim Schofield [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:22 PM To: Linux Users Group Uganda Subject: Re: [LUG] Experiment on Content (Yesterday's radio) Sorry to come to this thread late, but it is clearly breaching copyright. You are seeking to make money by using someone elses work. This has to be morally wrong as well as legally. The argument that you are archiving (for archiving read copying) is nonsense. If I "archive" the Harry Potter books, is it then ok for me to sell them? I am an open source developer of many years, so copyright is very important to me. I am surprised anyone involved with open source could condone this. Tim On 30 July 2010 11:30, Wire James <[email protected]> wrote: > Badru > > The copyright Act was revised in 2006. I actually remember buying a > copy from the Govt Printer on Kimathi Avenue. You can pass by and get > a copy for your self. Interestingly though, I never came across > anything dealing with Archiving while reading it. However, I still > believe there could be some sections that can be used to pin you if > you do not get permission at least from the radio stations. > > Otherwise, it is a very good idea that you have come up with. What > remains is to see how you will make the money out of it. > > Wire > > > On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 11:04 +0300, Badru Ntege (MPP) wrote: > > Reinier > > I have not read the act if you have a copy or can direct us to it, > please do However > > Does that act cover the issue of archiving content ??? > > And would this be classified as a broadcast ?? > >> This is not an 'interesting topic', this is copyright infringement. >> For one of the radio stations, but definitely also from the artists >> that are played. > [] > How many of these radio stations are actually paying anything to the > artists that are being played ??? (local and international) > >> >> And without consent from the copyright holders, this is definitely >> illegal. No room for discussion there. > [] > Some stations might have some kind of consent from local artists but > surely not from the international music which fills our airwaves. > > > [] My point on the "interesting topic is how relevant is the 1964 act > to today ?" > > And exactly which portion of that act would cover what we do. In > effect we archive what has been broadcast and then allow individuals to go back and > listen from their PC's. Most of the acts dealt with what was called > "performance rights" where content was broadcast to a number of > people. I actually was involved in a similar case in the UK in the > 90's where we installed a PBX with a music on hold functionality and > the copyright issue came up. At the time there was no case since the > music had been genuinely bought. The compromise was a small token > payment to the UK performance rights body. > > However I do believe we have no such protection in Uganda. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including attachments if any). 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