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xprniolast Friday at 2:03 AM2 repliesview on HN

Since when is playing a movie off of a projector illegal? Projection is not necessarily distribution, just as playing local media files is not necessarily piracy. I will definitely be grabbing my popcorn for the legal show though


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justincliftlast Friday at 11:01 AM

> Since when is playing a movie off of a projector illegal?

Heh Heh Heh

While I totally agree with you, the promo pictures showing a movie being played "outside" will give serious vibes like this does for music:

* https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/playing-music...

* https://artandmedialaw.com/live-event-music-licensing/

drivingmenutsyesterday at 11:44 PM

Legal or illegal doesn't matter if lawyers can smell profit (and the smell of money covers any odor of moral or immoral).