Saturday, April 23, 2022

Cop Music

This takes the biscuit for copyright-infringement-related theories about music-loving motorway enforcement:

Nicholas J.Krob, legall blogger for McKee Voorhees and Seese PLC analyses what might or might not be a "thing" and the motorways of America, and why you should keep your ears open.

https://www.filewrapper.com/we-dont-talk-about-accountability-police-attempt-to-hide-behind-disney-music/

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ef1ff90e-b44b-42ac-9f50-bf9e3647d6aa

If the Lenz baby can dance to pop music, and the dancing is fair use, and even transformative, then whatever interactions take place between a motorist and a peace officer to a background playlist emanating from a protecting and serving vehicle is probably not going to be taken down if posted (by an indignant motorist) on the internet on the grounds of copyright infringement.

Here's how Brandon W. Clark explains copyright. 

Meanwhile, in New York workplaces, employers who wish to police whatever their employees are enjoying during work hours on devices in the workplace (including music), are required to give the employees written notice.

Legal blogger Frank J. Del Barto of Masuda Furnai Eifert and Mitchell LTD  discusses the policy.

https://www.masudafunai.com/articles/masuda-funai-employment-newsflash-new-york-employers-must-provide-notice-before-monitoring-email-or-internet-use

Given that many data breaches seem to begin with an unwary worker clicking an unsafe link on the internet and opening the door to malware, this seems quite sensible.

All the best,

Rowena Cherry  
SPACE SNARK™

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