Posted by PTravel on 10/26/07 05:02

"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Bill wrote:
> ...
>> Am I correct to presume a wedding or dance recital would require the
>> "sync license"?
>
> Videographers film weddings all the time with no concerns, as long as
> it is a private event for private use only.

This is NOT the law -- that it is a private event and for private use is
completely irrelevant.


>
> Can you imagine the cost and publicity backlash if a music company tried
> to sue newly weds?!

Probably about the same as suing the parents of teenagers for downloading a
couple of songs on a peer-to-peer network, I'd imagine. That didn't stop
the RIAA.

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