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Here's the response from my local county library, regarding music royalties....
--On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 09:45:58 -0700 (PDT)
Ask Us <askus@kcls.org> wrote:
Libraries in the US have a special exemption for all materials (otherwise we'd be paying copyright fees on books as well as all our musical items!) Music Royalties usually come into play when music is performed...if someone performs a concert at the library, then they would be responsible for paying any appropriate fees. > > Hope that helps > Bill > AskUs/Answerline > > > > Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:03:38 -0700 (PDT) > > > > From: steph99 <beleza@speakeasy.net> > > To: _dakati _ <dakati@postmaster.co.uk> > > Subject: RE: [acid-jazz] Radio on Demand > > > > > global music library > > > > Now, there's another fascinating question. As it stands, you can go to your local free library and borrow music. what you do with that cd at home is your business. Maybe P2P services can just call themselves free libraries with > > content online? How do libraries work? do they have special permission from each and every publisher to freely distribute books and music, or is it just a cultural standard that they can do so? If it's the latter, maybe that's another possibility. > > > > > > > > > > > >
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