Let's say, hypothetically, I downloaded an old TV episode via a filesharing site or bittorrent. Could it be traced to me if I download it from a public access point?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 27, 2012 -
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I uploaded a video of our wedding ceremony to Youtube. Our recessional was "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. Youtube informs me today that I have "infringing content". Do I have a leg to stand on to claim fair use?
posted by TrueVox
on Jul 27, 2011 -
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I want to learn more about the history and legal issues surrounding copyright infringement/intellectual property and how it relates to businesses and artists in the United States. What would be a good place to start? (Prompted by
this thread.)
posted by autoclavicle
on Mar 29, 2011 -
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A friend of mine owns a record store and is curious about the legalities of giving away monthly mixed CDs. Each disc would feature 10 or so artists connected on a theme (female folk, avant garde jazz, little-known world, etc.) of artists he's featuring that month. No charge for the CDs. Basically, it's like the CDs you get with Mojo or CMJ. Legal? He's in Canada. What if they're "free with any purchase". Legal?
posted by dobbs
on Jul 12, 2010 -
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With the recent legal action against Isohunt, I would like to understand the tech and privacy of torrents better.
Is there a technological reason that the RIAA and MPAA only go after tracker sites and not people downloading torrents?
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posted by frodoxiii
on Apr 10, 2010 -
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Would online storage sites (livedrive, adrive, humyo, JungleDisk) monitor uploaded content and delete illegal or pornographic files? Which site is most stable and likely to last long term?
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posted by Nickel
on Feb 19, 2009 -
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There is talk about how ISP's are going to be cooperating with the RIAA to curtail piracy (warning letters, shutting off service, etc.), in lieu of the RIAA taking people to court. If ISP's refused to be involved without a court order previously, why are they getting so involved now?
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posted by SpacemanStix
on Jan 29, 2009 -
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What portion of major record label gross income goes to pay artists and how much does the average American spend on music each year? A few years ago I heard that (1) the major record companies paid 4% of their income to the musicians, and that (2) the average American spent $20 a year on music. I've tried and failed to find these figures again. The first seems especially difficult to find (or maybe I'm just being dumb). There is plenty of information about what the average contract gives to the artist, but I'm not interested in that -- I'm looking for aggregated figures. Help?
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posted by johnsu01
on Jul 9, 2008 -
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If I run an open wireless access point using DHCP, is there a way for anyone to identify which PC or device in the IP range is receiving or sending traffic? If I run a shared connection and someone does something unlawful, is it my problem or theirs?
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posted by uaudio
on Jul 2, 2008 -
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So which P2P networks garner the most RIAA lawsuits? The lawsuits are, of course, a sort of cloak and dagger affair, but isn't there some data on this kind of thing?
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posted by tmcw
on Jun 20, 2008 -
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How'd the RIAA become so powerful, yet so villified? Does anyone (I may have heard of) have anything *good* to say about the RIAA?
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posted by derekb
on Apr 10, 2008 -
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My friend and I have amassed a large collection of live dj sets (e.g., think sven vath live from Ibiza).
We were thinking of making this collection available to the public through a website where the sets could be downloaded free of charge. How wary of the RIAA should we be?
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posted by milarepa
on May 22, 2007 -
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Help me make sure that my money gets to Handsome Dick Manitoba: downloading vs buying music, and how to find out if an artist actually gets money from their own album sales?
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posted by intermod
on May 22, 2007 -
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Is using allofmp3 any more or less legal than downloading from an open server that lives somewhere under explicit RIAA coverage? What about an open server in Russia?
posted by mzurer
on Jan 17, 2007 -
19 answers
Has anyone written about what a world without (or with very limited) intellectual property rights would be like? Alternatively, are there other models for encouraging creativity without IP rights?
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posted by vizsla
on Jan 2, 2007 -
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So I'd like to start a site where people can submit/dl
alternative album art for music. More inside? Yes, please.
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posted by unixrat
on Sep 27, 2006 -
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I own a copy of
Tres Hombres by ZZ Top. I'd like to get it into mp3 format so that I can listen to it in the car, etc. The problem is that the copy I own is on a record.
Assuming I download with bittorrent, and then the RIAA comes after me, can I use the defense that I actually already owned it, so downloading could not be considered criminal? Would it be different if I owned a record rather than a CD?
In other words, can you legally download the mp3 of an album you already own?
posted by joecacti
on Aug 14, 2006 -
16 answers
What are the most frank, telling criticisms of issues like RIAA/DRM/Music Industry that you've read before?
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posted by Lockeownzj00
on Apr 3, 2006 -
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Has anyone tried to fight the RIAA and Movie Studios by arguing that copyrights can be interpreted laterally instead of just horizontally?
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posted by trinarian
on Apr 17, 2005 -
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(RIAA-filter) Concerning downloading copyrighted material, is the act of downloading illegal, or just possesion? If you download a song and delete it, are you stil culpable? Of what offense? And is intent a factor?
posted by Edible Energy
on Feb 12, 2005 -
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I know that the RIAA has sued users of certain P2P networks like Kazaa, with mixed results. I'd like to know if there are any other examples of companies or agencies suing individuals for alleged copyright infringement...(like maybe the MPAA going after people on BitTorrent or something.)
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posted by thewittyname
on Oct 31, 2004 -
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I've been thinking about the music industry lawsuits. They're based on the IP addresses of the 'uploaders', correct me if I'm wrong. If I live in a shared flat, and we share broadband via a router - how can anyone tell which PC is the evil lawbreaker?
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posted by ascullion
on Oct 8, 2004 -
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