Re: [FC-discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 62, Issue 7

[andrea fassina]

Hey Nate,

Yes that more or less the idea, just the legal boundaries are vague and encouragingly enough a lawyer is probably needed :(

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM, <discuss...@freeculture.org> wrote:

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  1. Re: Public performance number of people? (Nate Otto)


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Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:30:52 -0800
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(IANAL) The law hasn't caught up to a lot of edge cases like this. You
would basically be making a fair use argument, but you're essentially
transmitting the content, so if the MPAA heard of this type of watching
being a thing, they would probably try to drag you into court to defend the
line against potentially fair uses like this.

Streaming media businesses should take note that users want to do this
though. Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu Plus could all use it as a selling point
if you could stream a movie synced up with another user.

-Nate
@ottonomy
http://ottonomy.net

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Rob Myers <r...@robmyers.org> wrote:

> On 11/02/12 01:58, andrea fassina wrote:
> >
> > The context is online. For example, if I want to share my pc screen with
> > someone else so that we could be tuned to the same content, how many
> > people would need to be connected to me before it is considered a public
> > performance. If the screen is shared with a friend living in another
> > country or maybe more than one, is there a number? A guideline?
>
> Exporting or broadcasting the work internationally, and local laws in
> other countries, can all make this more complex.
>
> > And I owe a legal copy of the content, I am in my house the other person
> > in his/hers.
>
> As people have mentioned, it's a complex question. Some random person on
> the Internet saying "it's totally fine, go ahead, there won't be any
> problem" won't be doing you or them any favors. You really would need to
> ask a lawyer for a reply that you could feel confident in relying on.
>
> Which illustrates the practical as well as ethical problems with
> copyright law, but I appreciate isn't much help to you.
>
> - Rob.
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