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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by BLKNSLVR on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @10:17PM (#26085392)
And yet filming a police officer who's playing a copyrighted tune, and uploading it to Youtube results in a take-down.

I don't think many folks are going to YouTube to listen to music from a filmed phone.

"reducing the ability of the record company from gaining revenues"

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by pfortuny on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @02:55AM (#26086602)
Well, that is the difference between the rule of law (there are tribunals for deciding whether the police are breaking the law or not) and the rule of incorporated companies: you are screwed if they decide it...
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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by koheripbal on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:25PM (#26092911)
The difference is that Google can do whatever it wants because it is a private company.

Misapplying the law because a private company does something is not a logical argument.

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