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Are you arguing that playing music is illegal?
by Hnrobert42 6y ago
Are you arguing that playing music is illegal?
- sumthinprofound 6y agoit has a chilling effect on a citizen documenting an interaction where the other party has all the power.
- rakoo 6y agoMost music is under a copyright that explicitely prevents public diffusion without a license. Unless the music doesn't have such a limitation, or the police have a license, yes, playing music in a public fashion like that is most probably illegal
- LocalH 6y agoAre you arguing that the police should be able to play copyrighted music to circumvent the lawful dissemination of recordings of their behavior?
- Hnrobert42 6y agoOf course not.
- cecilpl2 6y agoIntent matters. In some situations, yes, playing music is illegal.
- bialpio 6y agoThere are definitely cases where playing music violates the license, but I wouldn't call it illegal[1]. Playing music at some business almost certainly is not allowed by default, you'd probably need to get a permission from someone authorized to give you one (i.e. a different license). Playing music in public likely has similar rules. [1] IANAL, etc, etc.