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Legalities of a Company Sponsored MP3 Repository?

Posted by Cliff on from the should-you-worry dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "At our company numerous people store MP3s on their local hard drives. Because we don't allow MP3's through email, and peer-to-peer file sharing programs, practically all of the MP3s are ripped from CD in the office. What is the liability for the company if it were to allow employees to place all ripped MP3s in a central location, that any employee could access? There would be practically no way to distribute the MP3s outside of the company, and it seems that this would be a legitimate practice that shouldn't open the company to liability (equivalent to providing the CD to a coworker). I'm wondering because I'd like to use this as a morale-booster at our company. I'm worried about the company being liable in some way as it would be company-supported. Does anyone have any feedback or experience with this?"

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  1. The company is liable by rw2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The question is whether there is a law being broken, not whether the company is liable. If the company provides this as a service and a law is being broken, it is liable.

  2. Sorry by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 2, Insightful
    A year or two ago a company got seriously slapped around for doing exactly this. I don't remember the details, but the company was severely damaged because of it.

    Kinda ridiculous, no?

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  3. My thought is: by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1: All cds stored on the server must be phsically surrenederd and stored at the company so that only one copy can be used at once.
    2:Only one person can be playing any song file at once.
    This satisfies all the fair use clauses, i believe, and you will STILL have you asses sued off.

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  4. Re:What I do by bofkentucky · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Troll or you work in the coolest place on the planet, they let you put random hardware in your machine?

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  5. Re:fuck off by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 1, Insightful
    Nowhere anywhere did anything relating to the current discussion say anything about distribution of music.
    What is the liability for the company if it were to allow employees to place all ripped MP3s in a central location, that any employee could access?
    Go eat shit, Twirlip.

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