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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
(Aren't written down: "public performance" is restricted by copyright law, but it's not defined. Is playing a song on your car radio loud enough to be heard outside a "public performance?" Is six friends at a ballgame spontaneously breaking into song a "public performance?" Is children's recitations of poetry a public performance? Does it become one if the school sells tickets, or is that a private performance if only parents & other family members are allowed?)
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The NFL tried to come down on church groups having game watching parties in 2007. Because they wanted to watch a a projector (given, it was a very LARGE church).
And guess what? The church defied them.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779010/posts
more info on the NFL's "rules"
http://www.startchurch.com/blog/view...o-sue-churches
Because the NFL says you can show the Superbowl for "public viewing" only on one TV of less than 55 inches. I guess I broke the law for years when we watched it on my DLP projector (105") with a bunch of people at my house.
They backed down eventually (bad PR).
http://hd.engadget.com/2008/02/21/af...-bowl-parties/
Things are way out of balance in favor of copyright holders right now.