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RE: Distribute....

Posted by Sordidman on April 26, 2012 at 13:08:49:
We both know that I was talking about the distribution channel as applied to the recording industry, - consignment of CDs, - to stores, a business model for material that is (copywrited: sic). And, - on the other side, - fair use: and whether or not it is prosecuted.

We are not hearing stories of at least extreme prosecution of individual persons for fair use, - which has pretty much been let go of by the industry.

The industry now knows that the content of one CD purchased, or one MP3 album downloaded from Amazon is going to end up on likely, - 4 or 5 different devices. By that reasoning, they also know that it is unlikely that they can do anything at all about you doing the same with streaming music from some data center, or some data center + service, - like googlesync, icloud, sugarsync or Dropbox. They also know that you are very very unlikely to be sharing your streaming link and username and password to your data in the cloud with a friend.

So what they are doing is going after the providers, Megaupload, etc. But will they be able to touch icloud after being so deep in bed with Apple?

""they could probably even protest me letting you listen to their content without their permission.""

No, but they are going after "public performance" royalties where store clerks were bringing in their personal IPODS to work and playing it over a stereo.