Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video off YouTube

Re:Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video of... by jollybean on Thursday July 01, 2021 @09:08PM (#27706849)

When I wrote radio - I meant generally 'something with a speaker' because irrespective of what 'radio stations' do - playing music on 'something with a speaker' from CD, iTunes, MP3s etc. on your lawn, in your car, on the beach, while at work - is extremely common - and does not constitute a 'public performance'.

You're basically implying that 'everyone is breaking copyright all the time' which is a spectacular claim unsupported by the case law which I presented to you.

You'll have to provide some basic logic and hopefully evidence to support the claim that someone playing music for themselves and even a couple of other people they are engaged with is a 'public performance' because at it stands there's no reason to believe that.

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Re:Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video of... by otterley on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:11AM (#27707724)

I think you’re confused. I have said elsewhere in this discussion that public performance excludes performance only to a small group of friends or family.

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Re:Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video of... by jollybean on Friday July 02, 2021 @06:34AM (#27709860)

You're confused because you believe that the courts would find 'non public performance' only in the most narrow interpretation 'performance only to a small group of friends or family'.

Millions of people play unlicensed music beyond the narrow interpretation of this statute every day, and there's 200 years of case law that I referred you to that doesn't come anywhere even close to indicating that any court is going to take a narrow view of that statute.

The case law highlights where that 'boundary' is and it's beyond a cop or anyone else playing music from their person, on the job or otherwise.

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Re:Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video of... by otterley on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:10AM (#27707723)

I think you’re confused. I have said elsewhere in this thread that public performance excludes performance only to a small group of friends or family.

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