>>Musicians may give free concerts in Central Park, but they don't necessarily authorize anybody's recording of their performance.
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I wonder about this... let's just say for the sake of argument (and to clarify this a bit) that I just happened to be in that particular park at that particular time with some audio recording equipment because... oh I don't know... I'm sampling ambient sounds so that I can put together a 'Sounds of Central Park' cd. So I'm out there minding my own business, in a public area, making recordings of whatever happens to be audible at the time, and there just so happens to be music playing.
Am I somehow obligated by law to cease and desist the recording that I had been doing simply because the band that's playing might try to sue me for unauthorized recording of their 'intellectual property' (or whatever PC term you want to use for it)?
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>>Musicians may give free concerts in Central Park, but they don't necessarily authorize anybody's recording of their performance.
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I wonder about this... let's just say for the sake of argument (and to clarify this a bit) that I just happened to be in that particular park at that particular time with some audio recording equipment because... oh I don't know... I'm sampling ambient sounds so that I can put together a 'Sounds of Central Park' cd. So I'm out there minding my own business, in a public area, making recordings of whatever happens to be audible at the time, and there just so happens to be music playing.
Am I somehow obligated by law to cease and desist the recording that I had been doing simply because the band that's playing might try to sue me for unauthorized recording of their 'intellectual property' (or whatever PC term you want to use for it)?
Sounds a bit silly to me. Any thoughts?