Is that Illegal ??? [Archive]

riplikethat

12-24-2002, 06:10 AM

Hey Guys,
If I post music online for only listining (no downloading), will it be illegal. Visitors are only listening not downloading.
HAAAAALP! :confused2

xj911

12-24-2002, 06:27 AM

How can listen without being able to download? :confused2

riplikethat

12-24-2002, 06:34 AM

It's Flash site, and I'll be using flsh for live listening.....now it is possible, right?

Ralph'e'

12-24-2002, 08:06 PM

he means, streaming music..

KingXII

12-24-2002, 08:14 PM

royalties have to be paid to artist's even if you stream you might get away with it but i wouldn't like to risk getting into a legal battle.

egrogsacul

12-24-2002, 08:22 PM

you could always use midi's :)

Ralph'e'

12-24-2002, 10:00 PM

royalties have to be paid to artist's even if you stream you might get away with it but i wouldn't like to risk getting into a legal battle.

thats true.. take www.digitallyimported.com for example

DL37

12-29-2002, 09:40 PM

Technically, the copywrite holder can request that you remove it, I think.

KingXII

12-29-2002, 09:47 PM

Originally posted by frogg007
thats true.. take www.digitallyimported.com for example

yeah www.di.fm is a great station
they have trance, house, eurodance, and classical
BTW froggy you should use the shorter one it's much easier to go to :D

FredDPR

01-03-2003, 07:52 PM

tibby

01-04-2003, 07:30 PM

aknq154

01-05-2003, 05:02 PM

dont think so- ive done it since before mp3s were popular

Ono

01-20-2003, 04:16 AM

forgot it , no one will be sue.......
Can't get u

01-20-2003, 05:58 AM

Originally posted by Ono
forgot it , no one will be sue.......
Can't get u

I wouldn't be so sure.

Staynew.com

03-03-2003, 01:08 AM

no i dont actually think it is aye!! Lucky tho

xpuz

03-11-2003, 11:54 PM

I think it depends which country you live in... russia for example has really loose copyright stuff and so you can do whatever without being prosecuted, but i dunno about many other countries/

flash

04-29-2003, 01:15 PM

Copyright law extends worldwide. I don't know about Russian law, but if you have a Russian site, liability would extend to the country where the infringement occured.

Kristert

05-30-2003, 04:15 AM

Yeah, sure, copyright sucks, but look at the case from the others POV. Would you like someone to use your stuff and not paying for it, when you are supposed to get money for it..?
I know I'd go into an insane killing spree, slaughtering everyone who got in my way.

Also, you might not get caught. The net is big, and they will have problems catching everyone. ;)

midiprog2000

05-30-2003, 04:44 PM

Hi everyone,

If you have music (wether it is audio or midi, it makes no difference) on your website for downloading, you'll need a mechanical lisence. In this case you pay royalties for every single copy you make (= for every download).

If you only make the music available to listen to (possible with a flash player, but as far as I know only for audio, not midi), you need a performance lisence. You pay a certain amount every year.

It's obvious that if you use other people's work, you pay them for their work.

Kind regards,
Alain Besseleer
www.mididesign.be

Lord Midi

06-03-2003, 12:42 PM

write something like "send me an e-mail if some of the files are illegal and ill remove them"

cjaycee

06-07-2003, 01:30 PM

it depends on how many files you have on your website and if its really popular i doubt the riaa would prosecute you if you have one song

wtd

07-02-2003, 02:35 PM

its illegal despite the likleyhood of getting sued ;)

paco120

07-30-2003, 12:00 PM

I have the same problem. I don't know if it's legal or not. But on my site, I credited the person who posted the MIDI I wanted to use on my site. I guess it all depends on what the user who provides the MIDI wants.

car

08-01-2003, 03:38 AM

I think it's allright if you only can hear midis here in Germany. But i don't how it's in other countries...

hornbyi

08-31-2003, 11:52 PM

I think what Alain Beeseler Aka midiprog2000 is absolutly on the money! All work should be accreditted. Rermember it is not just the record company but the ARTIST who retains the royalties. Albeit P2p is great for emerging artists to get their music out there. Whether or not all these law suits nailing kids for copyright infringment is cool. wel that is another kettle of fish altogether. I think that file sharing is just that. I f I lend you a book to read that I paid for what is the hassle. It is when I charge you to read it that some of that should be given to the artist. Well that is my opinion anyway.

CyberCat

03-07-2004, 05:32 PM

Here's some very helpful information...

If you put information of any type in the Internet, it can be saved, no matter what kinds of precausions you take.

Also streaming music can be saved to local hard disk.

G-man

03-08-2004, 05:25 AM

That's true... and legal or not... anyone can be sued.
So at least protect yourself as much as possible within the law.

soccercrzy87

04-04-2004, 04:48 PM

do you have rights to the music atleast?

jeo

07-18-2004, 11:48 PM

the chances of being sued should be low since u are not making profit from it. In fact you are helping them to promote their songs:)

CyberCat

11-02-2004, 01:34 PM

the chances of being sued should be low since u are not making profit from it. In fact you are helping them to promote their songs

Yeah, you'd think that they would be greatful. ;)

I think would be best to just get permission from the authors first, that way you'll avoid any legal issues.