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A couple of examples: if you rent a DVD from one of those DVD rental places, normally you can't play it in public places like bars and places like that. If you
by DrJokepu 17y ago
A couple of examples: if you rent a DVD from one of those DVD rental places, normally you can't play it in public places like bars and places like that. If you buy a CD you can't broadcast it on your radio station, you need a special licence for that.
Another possible related issue is the question of derivative works (e.g. the index of a library). There's a Wikipedia article about derivative works, it's a bit too complex to summarize here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work
- blasdel 17y agoTwo extraordinarily poor examples! Both films and music (plus songwriting too) have been explicitly enshrined by US copyright law as having separate rights for home use and public performance. Each has multiple spheres of statutory licensing organizations with special exemptions from anti-trust law.
- DrJokepu 17y agoI was referring to the copyright laws of the United Kingdom which is the country where I live (Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988). Here, public performance infringement is not limited to solely films and music (Section 16.1c). I'm not very familiar with US copyright legislation but I assumed that the copyright laws there are similar without checking any sources - which was a mistake apparently.