The Copyright Act & "Fair Use" Doctrine

[sarah_yzma]

don't know if where the band plays is needed...they play at various Irish Fairs around the country, but most of the tapes are from Epcot at Disneyworld.

aww fooey poo....it made a new page....my question is on the page before!

If anyone could help...I would LOVE you!

 

[Super Scooter]

All I know for sure is that Muppet Central allows tape trading.

 

[sarah_yzma]

*rolls eyes* you're loads of help


sorry...I'm just being sarcastic

 

[Super Scooter]

*rolls eyes* you're loads of help

*puts hands on hips, smiles ear-to-ear*

I am! I am! I am!

 

[Buck-Beaver]

I have a question that concerns tape trading. I belong to another forum (Off Kilter Shrine) and we have talked about trading tapes of our favorite band, Off Kilter. We recorded all these ourselves while watching them perform live. I was wondering about the legality of it, and I'm not good at understanding legal jargon. Could someone please help, and point me to a source (the other people there want to have proof, which is understandable, none of us want to do anything illegal)

I don't know of a site that specifically addresses tape-trading Sarah.

There's a couple of legal problems I see with this though:

1) The recordings are bootleg (you didn't get permission to make the recordings). Some bands like Phish encourage fans to make their own tapes at live shows which makes it OK but without the band's permission the tapes are technically illegal.

2) Distributing the bootleg tapes (even for free) is also illegal unless - again - the band explicitly permits this (they have to say it's OK for their fans to do this). This is the principal that the Recording Industry is suing people who download music off the `net under.

Really it depends how the band feels. They can say on their web site or at live shows that they want fans to record the music and share it (like Phish does) but unless they do that by doing the tape trading you are technically breaking copyright laws. Even the actualy tapes from the concerts are illegal.

That said, I don't think anyone will haul you off to jail.

 

[sarah_yzma]

thank you a million, buck! I'll tell them and have the leader e-mail their site (there are a couple people there who are friends with the band's site manager, and can make sure an e-mail gets replied quickly, I think)

Thanks again for all your help!

 

[Buck-Beaver]

No prob. Honestly, a lot of smaller indie bands don't have a problem with this kind of thing, which is really cool. I think my brother's band Still Life, Still allows this. By tape trading you're basically providing free promotion for the band. But it's always good to ask.

 

[sarah_yzma]

I think the leader of our little forum is going to mail the band directly, or there's a person who's going to see them on Sat, she might ask (the great thing about this band is, you can ALWAYS talk to them after the shows!) I sure hope they do.

Thanks a million again

*made a joke in her head, thanks a million, bucks (get it? bucks and Buck? one letter off!)

 

[Super Scooter]

*made a joke in her head, thanks a million, bucks (get it? bucks and Buck? one letter off!)

Oh, ho ho! That's rich.

See? I can do it too.

 

[Buck-Beaver]

Alexander Danner posted a really great article on copyright in this week's Comixpedia. In it he stresses - among other things - the importance of registering your work in the United States, which I didn't know.

A good read if you're interested in or curious about copyright issues.

http://comixpedia.com/modules.php?o...&POSTNUKESID=7c9b4c3de559cd2f6febf3d490331a0a