From: Stephen Kellett Date: 2006-02-03T21:03:18+09:00 Subject: Re: About rant on Dave Thomas site, titled 'imitation...' In message , chiaro scuro writes >In Italy you might also get a SIAE inspector (our local RIIA) giving you a >fine if the song you are singing in the pub is copyrighted :-) What a sad >state of affairs. We have that too. Its all over Europe and also in the US. Each has its own form. Typically you need a license for a copyright work performance and also for the playback of the same work via a jukebox and so on. However these are not issued by the government and are not laws of the land (whereas the situation I described is law on the statute book) although they are enforceable via copyright law. I attend 2 to 3 regular licensed (legal) music events and up to 9 illegal music events a month. I'm in breach of the law for playing a mandolin or bagpipe in a public house! Step outside onto the footpath and I am perfectly legal. What a sad world. I notice the RIAA are suing a woman that has never used a computer. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/02/03/0313250.shtml Stephen -- Stephen Kellett Object Media Limited http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk/software.html Computer Consultancy, Software Development Windows C++, Java, Assembler, Performance Analysis, Troubleshooting