Legality of deejay mixes

You mean it could be against copyright regulations to put mixes online? I guess it's not something to really worry about since

1. no full tunes are ussually played in a good mix
2. alternative genres are not being eyed by RIAA :D

i actually don't care too much about RIAA; more about sabam :)

also i read on one of you guys websites something about dj mixes not being legal, so i'm asking in here :)

I think Sabam is more about protecting Luc Steeno en Clouseau than some phat tunes by Dylan & Tech Itch, but frankly I'm not sure where it stands, so this means I have by now replied twice to this thread without contributing anything of real value (besides maybe being slightly entertaining?)... damn, it must be friday :D

it all depends on the tracks played in the mix imo...

Dubs are definatly a no no...

Originally posted by : goat

it all depends on the tracks played in the mix imo...

Dubs are definatly a no no...

Basically that's an issue if the records you play are "legal" or not. Unless you obtained those dubs through the proper channels, and didn't download them and burned to a CD, it's okay to play dubs.

I'm not sure if DJ mixes online are illegal, couldn't they be seen as a live performance by the DJ? The DJ actually has his own copyrights on any mix he puts online.

I couldn't find anything on google about this, but I don't think producers (and I'm sort of talking drum'n'bass related stuff here, since that's where my main interest lies) have a problem with DJ's putting their mixes online for free. Most of them see it as free promotion if their tunes gets played out in a set, and basically that's exactly what happens.

You can upload your own set on DOA, or put links to them on the forums, and the DOA forums are crowded with bigtime producers like Dylan, AK1200, Fresh and even Doc Scot, and none of them have ever complained about punters putting DJ sets online.

So even if DJ sets are perhaps illegal in some way, it doesn't really matter if noone cares :)

i think for sabam it's important if you are (or are not) planning to commercialise it or trying to make money with it. but that's only a logical guess... dunno for sure.

Originally posted by : n3wjack

Originally posted by : goat

it all depends on the tracks played in the mix imo...

Dubs are definatly a no no...

Basically that's an issue if the records you play are "legal" or not. Unless you obtained those dubs through the proper channels, and didn't download them and burned to a CD, it's okay to play dubs.

I'm not sure if DJ mixes online are illegal, couldn't they be seen as a live performance by the DJ? The DJ actually has his own copyrights on any mix he puts online.

I couldn't find anything on google about this, but I don't think producers (and I'm sort of talking drum'n'bass related stuff here, since that's where my main interest lies) have a problem with DJ's putting their mixes online for free. Most of them see it as free promotion if their tunes gets played out in a set, and basically that's exactly what happens.

You can upload your own set on DOA, or put links to them on the forums, and the DOA forums are crowded with bigtime producers like Dylan, AK1200, Fresh and even Doc Scot, and none of them have ever complained about punters putting DJ sets online.

So even if DJ sets are perhaps illegal in some way, it doesn't really matter if noone cares :)

hehe the problem with DOA is that is WAY TOO overcrowded, theres soo much being posted that when you post a link, after 2-3 hours your post is on page 2 or 3... so allmost noone will check it especially if your new to doa... i posted some of my mixes there and also some of our self made stuff and never got any replies on them...

Originally posted by : goat hehe the problem with DOA is that is WAY TOO overcrowded, theres soo much being posted that when you post a link, after 2-3 hours your post is on page 2 or 3... so allmost noone will check it especially if your new to doa... i posted some of my mixes there and also some of our self made stuff and never got any replies on them...

yeah, typical DOA stuff indeed, it's hard to keep up with it, I pretty much gave up on it anyway :) nowadays you can get more mixes than you have time to listen too, just checking everything here and at breakz.be would probably be a fulltime job already

but like mist said, if you're not making any profit from it, you're probably in the clear

dj mixes are illegal you may not put a link to any audio fragment, how short it might be, and how low the sound quality might be. The only thing that is "legal", meaning they have no law against it are real audio streams. Seems like they are focusing their last source of money : the djz. I mean are they really retarded? Like they are selling 1 record less if we put a promotion mix online..

the riaa is not active in belguim i think 8o it's sabam and especially the ifpi