Can someone advise me on what are the legal, professional and ethical issues when I download songs and software programs from the Internet for my own use? And what about a shop owner who download songs and play in his shop during opening hours for all patrons to hear?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
2006-09-12 20:02:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
May I ask what are songs and software programs covered under the Copyright act? Are they under literary works?
2006-09-12 20:12:52 · update #1
Downloading any copyrighted material without expressed permission of the copyright holder is an actionable violation of the law. There are some uses that are excempt from copyright law but personal use is not one of them, using them to promote a business is also completely illeagal. technically purchasing the music would not permit you to play it in a place of business in an effort to imrpove business much in the same way as purchasing a DVD doesn't grant you the right to charge admission to watch that DVD. Performance rights are a different chamber of copyright law.
Reguardless of the value you place on music you download it is the labor of someone and they have a right to be compensated for something you find use for. Ethically you have a responsibility to offer some compensation to those who enabled you to enjoy that music. Playing downloaded music in your store is no more or less ethical than playing it for personal amusement. In both cases you gain something without compensating those who helped you do so.
2006-09-12 20:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by W0LF 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the download is legal and either the work is being offered for the public, or the download license allows such use, no problem.
It's all about the license. Each download (or purchase) includes an explicit or implicit license that regulates what can be done. Violation of that license is a violation of applicable copyright laws.
As far as ethical concerns, those would only apply if the relevant code of ethics prohibited illegal conduct, or if there were special ethical rules in the profession regarding music and performance rights. But that would be specific to each professional ethical code.
2006-09-12 20:05:25 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My moneymaker is a 13 twelve months previous TY undergo that I named "Spaulding." Now Spaulding is starring in a singular i'm engaged on, and that i'm after the money from merchandising the tale. Winnie the Pooh got here from a actual undergo owned with the help of a actual boy - Christopher Robin. No point out of who the producer replaced into, and the illustrator drew from his actual life undergo (that got here from yet another producer.) the actual Winnie lives in a library demonstrate case. Disney, who's great on holding their copyright stuff, used the unique illustrator's undergo as a likeness for the Winnie all of us comprehend from movies and now Disney owns those copyrights. while you're irritating, do no longer call the producer. call your puppet in spite of you like him/her to be. The thoughts are derived from their "actual lives," no longer from whoever synthetic them. And, in order that which you comprehend, in that comparable e book i'm writing, between the characters is an opulent Pez candy dispenser named "Pez." Pez named him "Bo" for their series. Pez is an staggering guy, so i've got faith the manufacturers won't have issues. in spite of the fact that, i circulate by a writer, so in the event that they want him renamed, i will try this. manufacturers tend to get huffy, if we portray their merchandise in a foul easy. ;)
2016-11-07 05:33:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you download it is illegal
2006-09-16 08:41:01 · answer #4 · answered by S B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋