how does that relate to the copyright of the artist on the music?
my thoughts are... change artist to programmer and music to software... is the ‘performance’ only the first moment the compiler produces the binary? after all, running a program would be akin to playing back music
this seems a bit whacked (maybe i’m just not understanding)
and how does this effect itunes? would apple now be able to ‘sell’ the music without having to pay royalties??
Dang, a complete misconception, you cannot steal and make money off of someones art without paying them.