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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by kube-system on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:45AM (#26086050)
Public performance is an exclusive right of the copyright holder as per the Berne Convention, which is signed by 179 countries.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/11.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention

Enforcement varies.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by Hnrobert42 on Friday February 12, 2021 @10:37PM (#26121190)
I couldn’t find a clear definition of “public performance”. Everything I found related to a bar playing a song or a cover artist playing a song for money.
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