Jim Wowchuk wrote:
> What brought this to mind was a somewhat similar circumstance in the news
> here in Oz involving radio broadcasts.  Apparently, radio broadcasts of
> music are for private use only, to which the radio stations pay a royalty
> fee back to the producers, record companys and the artists.  If a commercial
> organization - a shop, your PABX switchboard, even a taxi-cab - plays music
> from a radio they are liable to pay royalty fees!  The only things that
> stops the music industry from pressing for this is the difficulty in
> policing it.  In the context though of the WWW however, there could well be
> little crawlers searching everywhere for copyright infringement!
 
Does this mean that if elevators play radio music, they will have to add
a 'certificate of royalty payments' next to their 'certificate of
inspection'?  Or there'll be a sign that say, 'certificate of inspection
and royalty payments on file.  Call 555-5555 to view' ;>
 
Boy, amazing!
 
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