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Here's how copyright laws can be dangerous. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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A malicious law enformement officer or a criminal can exploit copyright laws to prevent criminal activities to be posted on mainstream platforms. Read the article for a real life example.

No matter your stance on copyright laws, I think we can all agree there needs to be an exemption to copyright laws where if a video or audio recording contains copyrighted material but also contains unrelated content (like police violence or other criminal activity), then that should be exempt from copyright laws. Beside, who wants to listen to music that also has a cop screeching in the background, therefore, this wouldn't affect music subscriptions services in any way.

Even with such law, I don't have hopes of youtube changing their policies. I'm honestly sad for the future.

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[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 43 points 1 year ago

So in other words, the officer is committing copyright infringement by publicly playing music for others to hear.

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

i mean... is it illegal to play music in public (not counting noise disturbance)

of course the cop is evil though

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

It's a civil case, but technically yes.

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

oh ok

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Playing music in public isn't illegal, if you're playing it for yourself. Playing music for the purpose of sharing it with other people would be though.

Think of it like a movie. You can watch a DVD at home no problem, but if you set up a cinema out in the park and open to the public, that would be copyright infringement. The intent is what makes the offense.