[RFU] Re: [Rfu-barnraising] Re: {leti} Re: the automation question

[Shambley at charter.net]

Copy right is a hard hammer.  All the owner need do is demonstrate that the
work is under copy right and second that the work was used without
authorization/counter to the license.

Legal penalties START at $100K and "I didn't know" is not a defense and
neither is no/low/non-profit status.  FWIW fair use does not come into play
in this instance so that card 'don't play'.

FWIW I'm not a lawyer and don't play one on the internet but we do make much
of our current income from IPR.

Dave Shambley
www.imagine-that.ws

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Stinard" <pstinard at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:00 PM
Subject: RE: [RFU] Re: [Rfu-barnraising] Re: {leti} Re: the automation
question


| I expressed concerns about streaming at last night's barnraising meeting,
| but apparently to no avail, since no one is addressing the concerns I
| expressed.  My concerns are:  (1) cost of recurring licensing fees, and
(2)
| restrictions on content (number of songs by a particular artist or from a
| particular album).  I hear people saying that the FCC rules and licensing
| rules don't matter, but I'm not willing to take that chance.  Do you want
| WRFU to lose its license to broadcast if someone decides to get legalistic
| on us?  If someone gives us the money and we can stream, fine, but if I
have
| content that is not allowed, as I certainly will, I'll just turn the
stream
| off during my program.  I trust we will at least have that option.
|
| --Phil
|
|