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Thread ID: 36729	2003-08-19 01:02:00	MP3 Music	muki (2786)	Press F1

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168532	2003-08-19 01:02:00	Recently I downloaded a lot of mp3 music files from the Internet. I play them at home for private use and that's all. Recently a friend heard them and wanted to use them at his office. He runs a dental clinic and would play them for the people who visit his clinic. Is this allowed or is it piracy. Is this any different if he taped/copied the songs he heard on the radio and then played them.	muki (2786)
168533	2003-08-19 01:16:00	Let him have them It's piracy but you've already done that by downloading them (I assume) from a P2P network like Kazaa so its all good i my opinion. Join the 100 million other individuals indulging in exactly the same shenanigans!	Mohammad Al-Sahaf (4008)
168534	2003-08-19 02:55:00	lol Mohammad. There was an item on the news some months -> year back about some small cafe place being fined for playing radio music in their cafe. It was infringing copyrights or something, and the artists of the songs needed to be paid royalties. Completely ridiculous for radio. Apparently afterwards the radio company payed for the ladie's fine. The news also said something about small businesses not knowing about playing radio to the public or whatever, and could be liable for fines/royalty payments as well. In this case it would probably be illegal to be playing mp3's that haven't been bought. But whatever, stick all the music in a pgp disk and have a small computer playing all the music for dentist shop. Then when the people come knocking, just unmount the pgp disk.	PoWa (203)
168535	2003-08-19 03:56:00	Be wary ... Our company has recently had to pay a subscription for those offices that play the radio or pre-recorded music to callers whilst on hold, to comply with royalty regulations. I work for a professional firm who does not have anything to do with music, however recently we were required to advise what offices played radio stations / CD's etc so on hold callers so that the amount to pay could be established. I recall that there was something in the media at that time too, but cannot for the life of me find it right now. J. :D	Jester (13)
168536	2003-08-19 04:20:00	Playing mp3's in a commercial enviourment would be the height of folly,and just the sort of the thing the watchdogs would love to jump on and then inform the media about.	metla (154)
168537	2003-08-19 06:10:00	Let them have their music, there going to need all the comfort they can get before walking into the dentists chamber of horrors :D I find it strange that this is going on but in this namby pamby politically correct pussy whipped world we live in I suppose it's not surprising. What about other places - getting a haircut for instance, or walking into the corner store who's playing music at the time. Perhaps give the receptionist signing lessons & a drumkit instead ]:)	parry (27)
168538	2003-08-19 06:34:00	If music be the food of love, play on. Mega Corporations are becoming the new Genghis Kahns of this world and provoking, by their natural affinity with money and power, much resistance and resentment.	brewer (4389)
168539	2003-08-19 07:01:00	This is not something new . Ever since records were produced, there has been provision for paying the performers for each "public" performance . If you bought a record, you can play it at home . But if you want to use the music as part of your commercial operation, you need a licence . If you own a radio station, you pay for each time you play a song (and keep accurate records) . If you own a small coffe bar, and you played records, you could get a licence (not very much) from the Perfirming Rights agency, which entitled you to play records to your (and your customers') pleasure . If you are a professional (assumed to have lots of money :D) and you play MP3s downloaded from the Internet (so no royalties have been paid to anyone) in your reception area, and you are caught, I think the PR agency would take you to court . And win .	Graham L (2)
168540	2003-08-19 07:11:00	Without judging anyone or expressing a view one way or another, I would only comment that I am amazed at the assumption expressed that downloading music from the web is "OK as its only used privately" . Am I correct that there are many people that are completely unaware of the legalities of this, and that people assume that anything available on P2P is legal?	godfather (25)
168541	2003-08-19 07:33:00	No we don't assume its legal Just sick and tired of the jackbooted Nazis fron the Recording Industry who have made vast sums off over-priced CDs exploiting both artist and consumer alike with no compulsion of guilt whatsoever. Personally anything I download I wouldn't be buying anyway. Now 'the chickens have come home to roost'. And I say "#@@!!$#! them"	Mohammad Al-Sahaf (4008)
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