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Originally Posted by ApK
How did Disney win their suits over people displaying their DVD movies at public events?
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Back in the early days of mp3s and people ripping and sharing their mp3s they didn't realize that the copyright laws forbade that; they thought that when they bought a cd that they owned the music on it. Then the RIAA started suing people. While all that brouhaha was going on I heard a piece on the local public radio about how music couldn't be played in a public setting without paying the artist royalties. It sounded like the RIAA put itself between the people paying these royalties, i.e., they collected them, and the musicians, who they gave a percentage to. So when you listen to the radio, the radio station is paying royalties each time they play something. So in theory if a restaurant plays some cds for background music they should be paying the RIAA.
So you can probably see how that extends to videos.