Re: Is Syndicomm in business

[Sheppy <the.sheppy@gmail.com>]

On Nov 12, 7:50 am, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Frank wrote:
> >> As soon as I get caught up on orders, I plan to make
> >> a
> >> substantial number of products downloadable -- as many of them
> >> as I
> >> can legally do (which probably won't be as many as some folks
> >> would
> >> like).
> > How does the medium (electronic download vs mailed hard copy)
> > affect the legality?
>
> Sheppy has probably negotiated a variety of license agreements with the
> various copyright holders.  In general, they have the right to bound the means
> of distribution.
>
> For example, a distributor licensed to sell CD copies of an artist's music
> catalog does _not_ automatically get to place them up on the internet for
> download.  Unless they've negotiated that right, that is.

That's exactly right.  Most of these agreements don't specifically
allow online distribution (although most also don't specifically say
you can't do it either).  I need to tread carefully and double-check
things before I go posting stuff online.  I'd hate to lose a license
by doing something I shouldn't.

Eric Shepherd
Syndicomm