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Originally posted by Nic The copying and lending is covered by fair use, or at least the australian equivilent of fair use if your are here. As for playing to the public, nightclubs have to purchase a license to allow them to play copyright music, private parties are obviously private and not public performance. Playing them on a podcast or radioshow or whatever also requires a special license. The easiest way around all this would be to stop releasing music as copyright, release it under a creative commons license or something similar.

if it wasnt released with a copywrite notice, it wouldnt be protected.

Jay

I know in australia any material you produce is automaticly protected, you dont have to get it signed to have it protected or anything.
I remember doing a training course for a radio station and i learnt alot about music licenses and such.

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Originally posted by veezee if it wasnt released with a copywrite notice, it wouldnt be protected. Jay

as already stated, anything you produce is automatically protected

Well if we had to follow the rules they would be out of business.

Its just covering them selfs so they get the money rather then some guy in a shed massing out hundreds of burn't cds.