Move to Canada, where downloading music is practically legal, along with a lot of other stuff

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Obviously the money goes to the bigger labels under the pretext of 'royalty' . We needn't worry too much. The labels represented under the PPL are probably wank labels signing top-40 trash. I doubt that the bigger dance music labels are represented by the PPL.

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Originally posted by Munchy Move to Canada, where downloading music is practically legal, along with a lot of other stuff

sucks to be a canadian producer. Are there any canadian producers worth mentioning?

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Originally posted by Greedy sucks to be a canadian producer. Are there any canadian producers worth mentioning?

Max Graham?Peter Wellington(aka Mach 747)?

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Originally posted by Greedy sucks to be a canadian producer. Are there any canadian producers worth mentioning?

Sunquest (Summer Sessions, Electric Pulse, Solarium etc.)? 8 Wonders?

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Originally posted by charon "The BBC reports that if you're a DJ, playing your digital copies of files off a laptop or mp3 player is illegal. The UK royalty collection agency, PPL, demands that such DJs pay £200 for a license in order to do so. From the article, 'Many DJs are still unwittingly breaking the law by playing unlicensed digital copies of tracks months after a new permit scheme began, the BBC has found. This includes legally-purchased downloads, which are normally licensed only for personal use, as well as copies of tracks from records or CDs.'" http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/13/1814219 The summary is a little unclear, its a public performance that makes it illegal, not just playing songs on your laptop. Discuss...

ive heard this loads of times. when you buy music from a digital download site (presuming its a participating PPL approved download site.. which most major ones now are) you are allowed to burn the mp3 to a cd and play it. you are not allowed to copy vinyls onto cd and then play that. or copy cd to cd and play that. or copy an illegal mp3 to a cd and play that. but yeah this law is bollocks.

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So basically, just play it to yourself with really big speakers and stuff. If somebody happens to hear, it's not your fault.

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Originally posted by Munchy Move to Canada, where downloading music is practically legal, along with a lot of other stuff

There's legislation in the works to change that.

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Originally posted by DJ Cinos So basically, just play it to yourself with really big speakers and stuff. If somebody happens to hear, it's not your fault.

well its illegal to make copies of music at all as far as i know.

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Originally posted by lacksesepsotygh djs in sweden aren't even allowed to copy their original cd, and play that out. they must bring the originals. i wonder what will happen to the big name djs visiting sweden

True, but many of them still play downloaded stuff..

bah that's just a bureacratic law noone's gonna follow. Did you all know it's techincally illegal to watch DVD movies in groups greater than like 10 or something like that without paying royalties to the film industry? No, of course not because no one cares and it is impossible to enforce.

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