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apexkid | 5 years ago

How does funkWhale deal with piracy of music and copyrights?

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rglullis|5 years ago

It doesn't. Funkwhale is not meant to be run as a service for a large number of users. People running a pod should be cleared by fair use, much like someone with a iTunes library that is accessible through the home (or company) intranet.

loceng|5 years ago

How would it fall under fair use?

apexkid|5 years ago

How are royalties paid to the music labels?

IndySun|5 years ago

I think you may already realise the royalties answer, but want to poke HN readers. That's fine, by me, but I think you also are aware that the majority of software developers here don't like digital locks on creative work so write digital keys to circumvent them. They do not believe in outright copyright, they do not believe in royalties. They are against corporate media streaming platforms, that pay a pittance to artists and labels, big and small.

That's basically music.

Questions of copying, design, originality, costing and ownership become more detailed, complicated, and fractious, the nearer you move the conversation toward to code.

COGlory|5 years ago

They're paid when I buy the music