[Florence]

Originally Posted by Dephormation

More thoughts on copyrights.

In the old days when 121Media were scamming copyright pages, it was difficult for people to know that someone was ripping off their content, or discover who was doing it.

Now BT/Virgin Media/Talk Talk are doing it, its very easy. They have made announcements on their web site. They have UK registered addresses. They will (presumeably) announce to advertisers '3% of our customers have opted in to Phorm!'

So it occurs to me. Its rather like a pirate radio station going legit.

How do I get from BT statistics for 'playout'?

We need a PRS for web content creators;

"The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 means that if you use copyright music in public, you must first obtain permission from every writer or composer whose music you intend to play. In the UK, we represent these copyright owners, so a PRS Music Licence gives you the legal permission to play just about any copyright music in the world repertoire. A PRS Music Licence is required regardless of the ownership of any other type of licence"

You could be right there before there was noone like phorm trying to legit steal your work or customers now thye are just like the music industry you need protection from the vulchers.