[LINK] We’re all copyright criminals now

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Kim Holburn wrote:
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> If a paparazzi takes a picture of you in the street or a news  camerman 
> takes a video of you in the street can you sue?  What is a   
> "performance" anyway?  Does that include buskers?  If you suddenly  
> start busking does that count as a performance?  Does hiring a hall  
> mean that you are making a "performance"?  Does the media have  special 
> rights that the rest of us don't?
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If the song or play that you are performing has been written down then 
it is copyrighted.

Interestingly, if you record or film a busker in a public place...I am 
not sure what rights they would have, though if they were breaching 
copyright this woud not be a good business venture.

Some cases to consider....

See Spike Milligan's Badjelly the Witch
<http://william.torkington.com/badjelly/>

The new theatre is staging this again in January
<http://www.ramin.com.au/online/newtheatre/#badjelly>

See also Project Gutenberg Presents:
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
<http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2895>

this included Sydney....see
<http://www.ramin.com.au/annandale/story3.shtml>

and then
<http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/catalogue/0-522-85312-9.html>

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Marghanita da Cruz
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Ramin Communications
http://www.ramin.com.au/