Consumption and Real Estate
Can I leave burned cd’s of music I own to be played by myself and other employees at my work?
I work at a treatment clinic with several other employees as well as clinicians. There are several treatment rooms with cd players. I burned some CD’s of relaxation music which I have purchased and own to be used in the treatment rooms by myself and other employees and clinicians. However, the supervisor of the clinic is concerned that the clinic playing this music in the treatment rooms is copyright infringement. There will be no other replications beyond this, nor pirating/ripping of the CD’s by others. Isn’t this legit? How can I find out for sure to assure my supervisor that this is ok to do (or not)?
Okay, a few points here.
When you purchase music, you don’t really own the music. You just pay for the right to listen to that music yourself (and maybe with a few others). You “own” a limited license to the music.
“Isn’t this legit?”
Of course it’s legit. Too bad that, strictly speaking, it’s not actually legitimate. (Legit would seem to be the same thing as legitimate, but very often, it’s only the illusion of it – people do boneheaded things that are legit, but not quite proper and not at all legitimate).