slimkid;199326 Wrote: > I'm not sure I fully understand all this. Pandora is an American > service, paying royalties to American labels and mostly American > artists (or ones who record for American labels) under American > legislature. Now, what I don't understand is why would American > legislative body try to prevent them from selling their services > internatianlly, as long as they fulfill their domestic duties.
The relatively short answer, at least as far as I understand it, is that when the U.S. Congress created the copyright law, they realized it was essentially granting a monopoly so they allowed some other uses: fair use, statutory licenses, etc. Broadcast audio is typically statutory licensed -- that is, the copyright holder is forced to allow broadcasting but is paid a royalty for the use. This license is compelled by U.S. law, but the holders rights are recognized internationally (via Copyright treaty), unfortunately without an equivalent statutory license. So... Pandora simply can't broadcast outside the U.S. because the rights holder hasn't granted them that right. If they did, they would be violating both U.S. law, and the international treaty recognizing copyrights. They have to license music broadcast rights country-by-country for use outside the U.S. -- JimC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34967 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/squeezenetwork
