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| quote: | Originally posted by the_gamemaster
But thats what most people do, and I havent heard of any DJ's being arrested for giving demos to promoters, so my point is if theres no difference between the two, there shouldnt be a problem. |
Technically that IS against the law. There have been cases where publishing companies have sought royalties from club who's DJ's are playing their records. If you look at the fine print on the label of a lot of records, there will be a note on there that says something like "public performance prohibited with out the express written content of whoever publishing." There are many reasons DJ's do not get in trouble for this. Some are:
- It is to the labels/publishers advange to have their music played in a club setting, therefore they do not sue. This is especially true for EDM.
- The DJ is NOT making a mixed CD and making a profit off of the work
- The cost of filing a lawsuit is not justified, especially for small labels.
If you were to make a mixed CD for sale in a commercial venue, such as on amazon .com or whatever, you are forced to clear the rights to every track on that mixed CD and you have to negotiate with the publishing company for each track on that mixed CD. This is also a major reason why a lot of artists who put out mixed CD's play a lot of tracks from their own labels\. John Digweed and Sasha were particularly notorious for this by playing lots of tracks off of Bedrock records, which is a label that John owns.
Just because the label does not sue, does not mean it is not against the law. If I run a red light at 3AM with no one watching, I have still broken the law, I just didn't get caught. Remember that the laws in most countries and international law also do not allow ignorance of the law as an excuse for breaking it.
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