Mp3's On the Internet
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:confused:I hope I am not posting this in the wrong forum. I am creating a website for My family. In this website I wish to Have News Page, Personal Blog's, Picture sharing and mp3's to play on a player I developed. Now My question: Has anyone had any experience in this mp3 matter? I am unsure about the legal Issue's Involved. I don't advocate stealing copyrighted work however I wonder if this applies if I block the ability to download. Just to use it for listening to each others music. Thank You in advance
Frazzle the name say's it all
IIRC, Apple and Amazon offer (or are in the process of offering) a service to allow you to listen to your uploaded music from anywhere. IMHO, you're better off using them vs. uploading copyrighted works to your website. As Lauren pointed out, you could likely attract legal action even it's not your intention to distribute the music to others. /ravi
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are you talking about copyrighted works? if so, you will be cease-and-desisted (and eventually sued) out of existence if it is your own music works (ie, you wrote and recorded them and own the copyright to them) then you will be fine
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Thank's for the reply, Maybe I should rethink the mp3 idea. What do think if I only allow user's to listen to their own music that they upload? That way they already own the music.
Frazzle the name say's it all
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IIRC, Apple and Amazon offer (or are in the process of offering) a service to allow you to listen to your uploaded music from anywhere. IMHO, you're better off using them vs. uploading copyrighted works to your website. As Lauren pointed out, you could likely attract legal action even it's not your intention to distribute the music to others. /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
Thank you I will look into this
Frazzle the name say's it all
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:confused:I hope I am not posting this in the wrong forum. I am creating a website for My family. In this website I wish to Have News Page, Personal Blog's, Picture sharing and mp3's to play on a player I developed. Now My question: Has anyone had any experience in this mp3 matter? I am unsure about the legal Issue's Involved. I don't advocate stealing copyrighted work however I wonder if this applies if I block the ability to download. Just to use it for listening to each others music. Thank You in advance
Frazzle the name say's it all
Personally, I wouldn't. There are two problems: 1) Copyright infringement. Even if they have purchased the file, I don't know how you stand in storing copyrighted material on your website, even if you did not put it there. If you look at the big players in such storage: Rapidshare and so forth, if they are notified that a file on there server is copyrighted material, they remove it, and all the copies of it that can find. That implies that their lawyers have decided that there woudl be a case to answer if they didn't. 2) Broadcast infringement. The Performing Rights Society requires payment to it's members for every time a song is played "on air" - Internet radio stations are counted as "on air" so there is a good chance that your website could as well.
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Personally, I wouldn't. There are two problems: 1) Copyright infringement. Even if they have purchased the file, I don't know how you stand in storing copyrighted material on your website, even if you did not put it there. If you look at the big players in such storage: Rapidshare and so forth, if they are notified that a file on there server is copyrighted material, they remove it, and all the copies of it that can find. That implies that their lawyers have decided that there woudl be a case to answer if they didn't. 2) Broadcast infringement. The Performing Rights Society requires payment to it's members for every time a song is played "on air" - Internet radio stations are counted as "on air" so there is a good chance that your website could as well.
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
So much for plan A! I think I will drop the mp3 idea (better safe then Sorry) I wish to thank everyone that gave me feedback on this issue. :) Oh well back to the drawing board
Frazzle the name say's it all
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So much for plan A! I think I will drop the mp3 idea (better safe then Sorry) I wish to thank everyone that gave me feedback on this issue. :) Oh well back to the drawing board
Frazzle the name say's it all
Good and safe decision!
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:confused:I hope I am not posting this in the wrong forum. I am creating a website for My family. In this website I wish to Have News Page, Personal Blog's, Picture sharing and mp3's to play on a player I developed. Now My question: Has anyone had any experience in this mp3 matter? I am unsure about the legal Issue's Involved. I don't advocate stealing copyrighted work however I wonder if this applies if I block the ability to download. Just to use it for listening to each others music. Thank You in advance
Frazzle the name say's it all
frazzle-me wrote:
block the ability to download
Then how would they listen to it? :confused:
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frazzle-me wrote:
block the ability to download
Then how would they listen to it? :confused:
The plan was to have a link call my mp3 player directly. But as other's have pointed out too many legal issue's so I have Decided to drop the idea out of My family website.
Frazzle the name say's it all
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The plan was to have a link call my mp3 player directly. But as other's have pointed out too many legal issue's so I have Decided to drop the idea out of My family website.
Frazzle the name say's it all
frazzle-me wrote:
call my mp3 player
Which would download the file, no?
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frazzle-me wrote:
call my mp3 player
Which would download the file, no?
I see Your point! Amazing How I could have overlooked that. One more lesson learned for the self taught Newbie
Frazzle the name say's it all
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:confused:I hope I am not posting this in the wrong forum. I am creating a website for My family. In this website I wish to Have News Page, Personal Blog's, Picture sharing and mp3's to play on a player I developed. Now My question: Has anyone had any experience in this mp3 matter? I am unsure about the legal Issue's Involved. I don't advocate stealing copyrighted work however I wonder if this applies if I block the ability to download. Just to use it for listening to each others music. Thank You in advance
Frazzle the name say's it all
If it's public: seriously, don't. That's media you're messing with. The MAFIAA does not take kindly to anyone doing anything in any way with any media, unless it makes them money. They will sue your ass off regardless of how right you are or how legal it is what you're doing, because They Can and they have billions to throw at it. They don't mind going after insignificant players either - in fact they prefer it, because they won't be able to mount a defense. If you feel like playing with fire, at least do so from behind the legal cover of a company. If it's just for your family, go ahead. But just to be sure, host it on a VPN and not on the www.
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Thank's for the reply, Maybe I should rethink the mp3 idea. What do think if I only allow user's to listen to their own music that they upload? That way they already own the music.
Frazzle the name say's it all
If someone uploads copyrighted material, you could still be get into trouble.
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