Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to trigger copyright filters

Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by acoard on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:29PM (#26092140)

The author of the first public drinking law, in 1979, said on the law's purpose:

>"We do not recklessly expect the police to give a summons to a Con Ed worker having a beer with his lunch". [0]

Yet today, if you have a beer in the park at lunch you will get ticketed, or at least a warning. The lesson? Do not rely on discretion and restraint to make up for an overly expansive letter-of-the-law.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_New_York#cite_...

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by koheripbal on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:24PM (#26092901)

Are you making the argument that because the public alcohol ban is misused, that therefor we should also misuse this copyright law?

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by talaketu on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:13PM (#26095511)

They are pointing out that the codified law is applicable, not what you claim was the original purpose.

(I don't agree with you that the original purpose was restricted to protecting revenue. The original purpose of copyright law is to codify the moral rights associated with creative works. Moral rights are fundamentally a property right connecting the work to the person. When we hear that an artist tries to prevent their works being distorted by being associated with a certain political campaign, this is an appeal to this kind of right, not revenue.)

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