No it was still a normal copyright violation. This was ASCAP trying to get extra money from legal digital downloads, saying it’s a public performance (the only time ASCAP ever comes into play, shows and jukeboxes basically).
No it was still a normal copyright violation. This was ASCAP trying to get extra money from legal digital downloads, saying it’s a public performance (the only time ASCAP ever comes into play, shows and jukeboxes basically).
Nothing in this ruling affects the right of the owner of the recording from preventing unauthorized copying.
This is about treating downloading like playing a 45 in a saloon jukebox, which is a public performance of the recording that generates small royalties.