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    Copyright enforcement?

    Volunteer or not, profit or not, what you're doing amounts to copyright infringement. It's NOT Fair Use, it's a wholesale copying of several other copyright protected works, and making of a derivative work without permission of the copyright holder.When you press "record", you begin making...
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    Copyright enforcement?

    I do provide this kind of service to venues, schools, producers, etc., so if your venue is looking for someone....Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark
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    Copyright enforcement?

    Generally speaking, schools need licenses to perform the works they use in their programming....The same four-factor Fair-Use analysis is involved when the alleged infringer of a copyright is a school. Since no one factor is completely dispositive of the issue, the analysis looks...
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    Copyright enforcement?

    I'm an expert in this area. As a theatre/entertainment lawyer, I help clients with licensing issues surrounding music (among other things). A while back, I wrote a blog post in response to a related question, here: Music Rights for Plays and Musicals | Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark - Top...
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    Offending a board member - mechanical (recording) license

    There's nothing gray about this. The Copyright law is very clear. It can be found at Title 17 of the United States Code. It says that it is unlawful to copy a work that is protected by copyright law, without the consent of the author of the work.Videotaping a concert or other performance is...
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