Re: Starting work on mp3 site

Hugh Barrett (hmb@sydney.crosswinds.net)
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 10:36:58 +1000


Patrick Saunders wrote:

> I have studied ineternet law for at a class at RPI. Technically there
> is
> no way they can stop you because it is impossible to monoir every file
> you
> put on ur site. And if they do that means nothing on ur network is
> safe
> including e-mail. Usually its up to the indivual companies to come up
> with
> a policy and enforce it. Some places have a policy of NO POLICY.

I am not paying any money for this space. Why can't they monitor what I
put on my site? They have my username, and my password.

> The only problem I think you may have is space as one song can take
> 4-5
> MEGS (that is what I was trying to say before).
>

That's why I was going to put just short clips in the first place. I was
thinking of designing the site so that you can hear short samples of
stuff before you buy it.

> > > >I'm going to start on that mp3 site now.
> >
> > > >I was wondering, because the server I'm going to put the mp3s on
> only
> > >
> > > >allows sound clips up to 45 seconds long *from the beginning of a
>
> > > song*.
> > > >They also say that copywrited material is only permitted if
> > > permission
> > > >is gained to use it and that permission is written on the web
> site.
> > > If
> > > >we e-mailed (or contacted somehow) the record labels and asked
> them
> > > for
> > > >permission to use a short sample (45 seconds?) of a song, and
> > > reference
> > > >would be made to the artist and record label etc., I think they'd
> let
> > >
> > > >us, and we could use a clip from somewhere other than the start
> of
> > > the
> > > >song. Or is this all too much to be bothered with, and should we
> just
> > >
> > > >use 45 second samples from the start of songs?
> >
> > cyaHugh Barrett