4 ms·
Stupid thought: What is the copyright status of the captured audio? Is it copyright infringement to upload it for everyone?
by anticristi 6y ago
Stupid thought: What is the copyright status of the captured audio? Is it copyright infringement to upload it for everyone?
- dhosek 6y agoElevator music is generally played under a license that allows for public performance (fun trivia: it's a copyright violation for businesses to play the radio in public spaces in the US which is why they pay for elevator music services). I imagine the case here lives on the edge of the license agreement, but presumably it's the music provider's software/hardware that's doing the broadcast and they would either look the other way at what the OP did (perhaps feeling that an unofficial device listening in is within the scope of the license) or, depending on local copyright laws, might file an infringement claim. Most likely, a single case like this would not be worth their effort to do more than send a sternly-worded email/letter, but if, say, someone published a tool to allow downloading the music for offline play, legal action would almost certainly be invoked. But in all of this, IANAL, so I'm probably wrong.
- teddyh 6y agoYou can’t know just from looking at the bits. https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23 https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23