[vorbis] Buying Vorbis Music

[Daniel Schregenberger]

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Jack Moffitt wrote:

> > > Sounds like you mean the RIAA (I could be wrong).
> > 
> > I don't think so. There are no Record Labels involved in what I mean.
> > The GEMA & the SUISA are just national instances organizing the
compensation of
> > the copyrights.
> > As I said: normaly this applies to radios and maybe libraries. They pay a
fixed
> > sum and the GEMA spreads it to whom it belongs (the ones that have been
played
> > on the radio).
> 
> This sounds equivalent to the three such American organizations that do
> performance licensing: ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC.  Note that 'downloads' are
> not considered performances in the united states, but considered the
> same as burning a physical CD really.  I have no idea about the laws in
> other countries.

I think this is what I meant.
I guess in Switzerland & Germany downloading is not a performance either.
That's why they're in Russia. :)
Another "famous" mp3-Company is located in Spain (Weblisten) and another one
just opened (also in Spain, Puretunes). Both claim they are legal by having a
contract with the local performance licensing organization. But this is not
proven to be sufficent to be a legal download site. Also some music is not
distributed in Spain/Russia and when they nevertheless sell it, it's quite sure
that this is not good.

-- Daniel

<p>Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot?

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