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smashin_blumpkin t1_ix4jsaa wrote

Reply to comment by GumpsDrillSargeant in Tom Petty’s estate slams Kari Lake for ‘illegal’ use of song in ‘failed campaign’ by ftyftghryht

It's not stealing. It's playing a song

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Cthulhu_illithid t1_ix4ojr8 wrote

Playing a song in a private setting, and using a song in an advertisement are 2 very different things legally, this is literally copyright infringement.

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Rocket_Lag t1_ix4vrmz wrote

This is obviously assuming that the venue in which the song was played didn't have a license to play the song.

If they did, then the Petty estate has no case.

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smashin_blumpkin t1_ix4plue wrote

It's not stealing. Playing a song isn't taking that song from anyone else

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KillerQuinn t1_ix4qzs3 wrote

Steal: To take another person's property without permission or legal right.

So yes it is stealing

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DubiousDude28 t1_ix5ikaw wrote

Thank you for breaking it down simply, there's republicans present

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smashin_blumpkin t1_ix4veyb wrote

They didn't take the song. Playing a song doesn't prevent anyone else from playing that song.

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Cthulhu_illithid t1_ix4tifr wrote

Did I use the word stealing? I said copyright infringement look it up there are laws about this shit.

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smashin_blumpkin t1_ix4vbmj wrote

The first person I replied to did. That's the point I was making. I didn't say anything about copyright infringement, so why bring it up if not to try and counter what I said?

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GumpsDrillSargeant t1_ix51cn4 wrote

You’re the kind of person who, if I own a parking garage and you find a way to park there without paying for it, feels like it’s a victimless crime that you deserve. “I’m not stealing, I’m just not paying for this!”

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smashin_blumpkin t1_ix5jcmx wrote

No, that's different because in your scenario, I'd be taking a spot from a paying customer. Playing a song doesn't stop anyone else from playing that same song

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