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Default Re: Music licensing questions.

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Originally Posted by JWhis View Post
If I am not mistaken, academic treatment of the work would fall in the 'fair use' clause of the copyright, even if it was hosted online in an academic setting, would it not?
If I'm remembering what I read back when I was really pursuing this right, no. As I recall, it would only be fair use if it was played (not distributed) or streaming (in the case of online classes) as part of the curriculum for a class, and it was only made available for students in that class.
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