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Probably violates the DMCA
Authored by: chrisgagne on Jul 28, '03 02:54:34PM

Just a friendly reminder that this hack probably violates the DMCA since it allows more than one person to listen to a particular song at once and bypasses licensing restrictions. Of course I wouldn't take that seriously, but its interesting to see what the RIAA has done to our legal system.



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Probably violates the DMCA
Authored by: foo12 on Jul 28, '03 02:59:14PM

First, the DMCA is not pertinent.

Further, it's personal use in one's home. The same effect -- two people listening to the same song -- could be achieved by cranking up the volume.



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Probably violates the DMCA
Authored by: io on Jul 29, '03 05:27:32PM

daapd only shares MP3 files. we don't circumvent anything! licenses and restrictions are only present in AAC files from the iTMS and these are not played.

io



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Probably violates the DMCA
Authored by: salvo on May 03, '04 05:33:58AM

daapd is an alternative Server which supports the sharing of AAC files too.
There is preliminary support for encoded (iTMS) AACs… the normal restrictions apply, only 5 devices etc.

IANAL, but I don't see why the DCMA would come into conflict with this concept. It doesn't let you share unlicenced music in any way which iTunes doesn't, it just lets you share the music from a Linux Box, rather than a Mac or Windows Box running iTunes.



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