16:50 < nulldata> https://www.gamesindustry.biz/valve-sued-by-the-performing-right-society-for-using-its-members-musical-works-without-permission
16:54 < nulldata> They want Valve to pay for a license to cover music that the publishers already pay a license for.
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17:00 < nulldata> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRS_for_Music#Legal_cases
17:01 < nulldata> "In October 2009, PRS for Music apologised to a 56-year-old shelf-stacker at a village in Clackmannanshire for pursuing her for singing to herself while stacking shelves. PRS for Music
initially told her that she would be prosecuted and fined thousands of pounds if she continued to sing without a "live performance" licence."
This is the kind of shit that you do when you pass off copyright-restricted music to people, getting it stuck in their head.
Support #creativecommons artists.
16:54 < nulldata> They want Valve to pay for a license to cover music that the publishers already pay a license for.
...
17:00 < nulldata> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRS_for_Music#Legal_cases
17:01 < nulldata> "In October 2009, PRS for Music apologised to a 56-year-old shelf-stacker at a village in Clackmannanshire for pursuing her for singing to herself while stacking shelves. PRS for Music
initially told her that she would be prosecuted and fined thousands of pounds if she continued to sing without a "live performance" licence."
This is the kind of shit that you do when you pass off copyright-restricted music to people, getting it stuck in their head.
Support #creativecommons artists.