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>"That's an implementation detail - which is not what copyright is about." No thats exactly what copyright it about. Its called a mechanical license and it is
by bogomipz 9y ago
>"That's an implementation detail - which is not what copyright is about."
No thats exactly what copyright it about. Its called a mechanical license and it is a type of copyright. See:
https://www.bmi.com/licensing/entry/types_of_copyrights https://www.bmi.com/licensing/entry/types_of_copyrights
And Specifically:
"Mechanical licenses apply to reproduction and distribution of musical works on records and CDs, in permanent digital downloads, and in some other digital uses."[1]
>"Even radio is on the receiving end reproduced bit by bit, copied multiple times and stored in some kind of memory, which could be analog or digital"
Copying bytes of a track into a buffer for transmission is not the same as storing a complete copy of the track on persistent storage i.e a downloaded copy done as part of an "offline sync."
[1] http://guides.lib.umich.edu/permissions/music http://guides.lib.umich.edu/permissions/music
- akvadrako 9y ago> Copying bytes of a track into a buffer for transmission is not the same as storing a complete copy of the track on persistent storage i.e a downloaded copy done as part of an "offline sync." Physically they are the same thing. A buffer could be large enough to hold a complete copy and all storage is persistent to greater or lesser degrees. It sounds like you are claiming if you buffered a small track in a future non-voltile RAM suddenly it's a different license? The legal difference is intent. What can the user do with the copy and does it feel like a copy.
- bogomipz 9y ago>"Physically they are the same thing. A buffer could be large enough to hold a complete copy and all storage is persistent to greater or lesser degrees." A buffer is generally understood to mean transient storage, so no not the same at all.