This is a very local copyright story that concerns a local NYC coffee shop by the name of Think and a NYU student but it is this locality, or the fact that copyright regimes often act as a barricade in everyday, “mundane” situations, which makes these regimes so problematic in the first place.
April 18, 2008
Think about Copyright
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Ugh. How depressing, on all levels. Both the legal constraints, and the manager’s implication that only “original” music (whatever that means) is worth hearing in a live show.
Comment by Karl Fogel — April 18, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
Wow. Business owners should know what the license they get covers. I’d be surprised if there is not a FAQ for them somewheres. Unless a PRO rep fed them FUD?
Comment by Kevin Mark — April 18, 2008 @ 1:43 pm