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On 10-6-2009 0:30, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:22:20 +0200, andrel wrote:
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>>> No, I believe this is legal, as long as the shoutcast stream is also
>>> legal. For example, if you run the server in your house, and you
>>> legally own all the tracks, then how you listen to them is up to you.
>> I think the idea was playing a shoutcast for a group. That is
>> broadcasting and even if the shoutcast/radio has paid you are obliged to
>> pay *again*. We had on apartment buildings large antennae that would
>> distribute the radio and television to the apartments, in stead of
>> having an antenna for every apartment. That turned the owner(s) of the
>> apartment building into a broadcasting organisation that had to pay
>> copyright. The law may be different in the US (or here in the 21st
>> century)
>
> I think that is a little different than the proposed arrangement, though
> - the proposed arrangement would be no different than tuning in a local
> radio station or putting a bunch of CDs in a multi-disc changer to listen
> to during the party.
If it is a party at home, not if it is in a party center and you did not
close the doors.
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