Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Creating live CDs (is illegal?)
From: Jan Depner (eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net)
Date: Thu Jul 01 2004 - 02:46:29 EEST
Jeez, I'm glad someone straightened that out - I believe the Grateful
Dead would have prior art ;-)
Jan
On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 14:18, Them wrote:
> Robin Millette wrote:
>
> > lau_AT_hippie-online.de wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I'd like to know if there is a tool to create live CDs under Linux.
> >>
> >
> >
> > That would be illegal: Clear Channel Limits Live CDs Company to block
> > bands from selling instant albums
> > http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6066617&pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1&rnd=1085441305296&has-player=true&version=6.0.11.847
> >
> >
> > Or search google:
> > http://www.google.com/search?q=patent+live+cd+recording
> >
> > P.S.: don't shoot the messenger please!
>
> Uh, no, that's not the same thing. ClearChannel's issue is about Their
> Competition making instant CDs *on the spot* for fans to buy immediately
> after the show using specialized equipment that is covered by the patent
> ClearChannel now owns. Recording a live show and then later producing a
> CD out of it is not something covered by the ClearChannel's patent.
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