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Sure, you may get yourself a ticket from local police if you roll around with that in-car stereo cranked, but at least you're not being sued for £200,000 ($407,680). Unfortunately for the Edinburgh-based Kwik-Fit automotive repair center, it actually is being taken to court for that astronomical amount by the Performing Rights Society, which "collects royalties for songwriters and performers." The PRS alleges that "Kwik-Fit mechanics routinely used personal radios while working at locales across the UK and that music, protected by copyright, could be heard by colleagues and customers." Astoundingly, Lord Emslie ruled that the case could actually be heard, so we guess we'll be relying exclusively on headphones from here on out. [emphasis mine] oh, WOW. Seriously. What? What's going on? |
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I've been bitching about this sort of garbage for a while. Imagine when we have synthetically augmented memories, with protections of all sorts, and you can no longer whistle a tune you heard in passing. TAKE SOME SHITS ON PEOPLE |
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The question is, how did the PRS actually find out about this? Did a customer speak to them specifically with the complaint that they could hear music coming from the garages or something? It is just so bizarre. |
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Maybe someone finally twigged it in a board meeting. |
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What about open-back headphones on the train? Could this make me money? |
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any reason bit a bit of extra cash cashcunts |
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christ i'm stoned |
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350 degrees for 45 minutes |
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that did seem like a perfect sentence when i typed it maybe on a higher sense it is superior |
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There are people, that go round and check if you have a music licence.if you are in a shop/hairdressers/garage/cafe etc,and music can be heard by the public..even radio.you need to pay for a licence. is that even how you spell licence? i dont think it is |
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Hopefully, that judge is hoping the case will set precedence.. in favour of the people who want to listen to radios while working, that is. *license |
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Unless that wording is confusing me; lord whatever refers to a judge, and that the case can be heard means it can get a court hearing, right? |
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Licence = U.K. spelling (traditional) License = U.S. spelling, soon to be ubiquitous. |
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Like the Roman Empire, these people are getting more insane the nearer to death they come. |
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The issue needs to be formally addressed by international courts with final binding resolutions made, taking all the time needed to address each what if or what about situation. It is a multi faceted issue with A LOT of grey area. Downloading, sharing and cataloging entire albums and never buying them IS wrong and it IS stealing. To me that is pretty black and white. We can thank these people for making this such a big issue and ruining it for the rest of us who approach digital music somewhat ethically. Sharing music for other reason such as; to hear what an album sounds like before buying it (sometimes 30 sec clips don't really cut it), to get rarities or deleted albums, live cuts, breezeblocks, etc to me is ethical use. Converting your CDs to MP3s or making a backup so your original doesn't get scratched up is also ethical use IMO. What is going to end up happening or maybe needs to happen is that the PEOPLE need to stand up and say, you know what, the culture is changing, technology is changing, and WE THE PEOPLE choose to embrace this technology and assimilate it into our culture. You the music industry can either adapt, or not, but if you continue to fight by suing us, policing us, etc THERE WILL BE A REVOLUTION, THERE WILL BE A CIVIL WAR, WE WILL GO BOSTON TEA PARTY ON YOUR ASSES AND THROW YOU IN THE FUCKING RIVER. |
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