Multimedia :: What media can be played legally ?

I guess the copyright police aren't coming knocking on my door anytime soon for uploading Deben Bhattacharya's "Evening Ragas" (c. 1960). In the real world we don't care about sharing 1950s BBC Radio recordings, or classical Indian field recordings that are almost 50 years old. We would probably not share anything EMI or Sony is trying to sell right now though. That's how the REAL WORLD works.

Incidentally, I am a volunteer "copyright police" admin on a well-known music community website.

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I guess the copyright police aren't coming knocking on my door anytime soon for uploading Deben Bhattacharya's "Evening Ragas" (c. 1960). In the real world we don't care about sharing 1950s BBC Radio recordings, or classical Indian field recordings that are almost 50 years old. We would probably not share anything EMI or Sony is trying to sell right now though. That's how the REAL WORLD works.

Berne Convention, WIPO, TRIPS. Guess your "good (UK)" law school overlooked those little treaties, eh? Or did you just miss that day? Haw, haw, haw...

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Incidentally,

You know nothing about copyright law and you've already set yourself up as judge and jury as to when you feel you can break it. For the record, I only brought up US law because it's my jurisdiction and because both our nations are signatories to copyright treaties which respect the prevailing laws of each country with full reciprocity. Childish? No. First year law school? Hardly. Real world? See the treaties, not the scofflaws. Here's your final lesson on the matter, "counselor" (and I use the term very loosely):

http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html
http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/
Etc.

Prediction: you'll continue with more name-calling, aspersions and allusions about "America doesn't own the world" (I never said it did, but our copyright laws are respected and enforced internationally by treaty just as yours are), and the like instead of addressing matters of law as I've done throughout the thread.

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Quote (ron @ Feb. 17 2007,08:59) I guess the copyright police aren't coming knocking on my door anytime soon for uploading Deben Bhattacharya's "Evening Ragas" (c. 1960). In the real world we don't care about sharing 1950s BBC Radio recordings, or classical Indian field recordings that are almost 50 years old. We would probably not share anything EMI or Sony is trying to sell right now though. That's how the REAL WORLD works. Berne Convention, WIPO, TRIPS. Guess your "good (UK)" law school overlooked those little treaties, eh? Or did you just miss that day? Haw, haw, haw... Quote Incidentally, You know nothing about copyright law and you've already set yourself up as judge and jury as to when you feel you can break it. For the record, I only brought up US law because it's my jurisdiction and because both our nations are signatories to copyright treaties which respect the prevailing laws of each country with full reciprocity. Childish? No. First year law school? Hardly. Real world? See the treaties, not the scofflaws. Here's your final lesson on the matter, "counselor" (and I use the term very loosely): http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/ Etc. Prediction: you'll continue with more name-calling, aspersions and allusions about "America doesn't own the world" (I never said it did, but our copyright laws are respected and enforced internationally by treaty just as yours are), and the like instead of addressing matters of law as I've done throughout the thread.