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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by BLKNSLVR on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @10:15PM (#26085383)
Filming them breaching copyright as evidence of their breaching copyright is the solution. Send to copyright troll lawyers and the various RIAA hangers on that attempt to prosecute these breaches.
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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by jariel on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:39AM (#26086253)
? The filming and distribution of someone listening to music is literally the breach of copyright, not anything the cop is doing, i.e. playing music to himself, which is obviously legal in every sense.
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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by paulmd on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:36AM (#26087566)
> The filming and distribution of someone listening to music is literally the breach of copyright, not anything the cop is doing

no, unlicensed public performance is itself a breach of copyright.

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/music-public-performance-r...

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by jariel on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:43AM (#26091483)
? Playing music to yourself is not a 'public performance'.

It's completely unambiguous.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by paulmd on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:27AM (#26140424)
> Playing music to yourself is not a 'public performance'.

cops weren't playing music to themselves though, they were playing it at a protest, audible to all the public participants.

> It's completely unambiguous.

what's your angle here? like yes, this is completely unambiguous, you can't do what the cops are doing, that is public performance of music. why are you digging for a reason to justify what is clearly an illegal action?

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by accounted on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:12PM (#26092736)
Goes to show why the cop wouldnt like to be recorded. Ridiculous people who would freak out if a police officer bothered them for listening to music are now their own worst enemies.
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