Is this legal for business?

[Soneros9202 0]

business? Just dont want to get fined. Anyone know if it's legal under Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

[Soneros9202 0]

Is it legal for view in a business.

[mastrmind11 727]

legal in what respect?  you certainly can't legally monitize it, if that's your question.

[Soneros9202 0]

No, not to charge anything . Just to have it for view as regular tv on a business. But not to charge anything for the viewing

[mastrmind11 727]

A quick googling shows https://www.wlu.edu/general-counsel/answer-center/copyright-and-intellectual-property/copyright-guidelines-for-showing-movies-and-other-audiovisual-works

 

however, it really depends on how high profile your business is.  I take my kids to a barber that shows movies while the kids get their hair cut... I don't see the feds in there, and the place has been in business for 20+ years.

Edited March 3, 2019 by mastrmind11

[ebr 16629]

Emby is completely legal.  You can show home videos anywhere you want.

 

If your question is about displaying content in a business environment, that is completely unrelated to the platform upon which you are showing it.  Is that what you are asking?

[Heatlsh 0]

It's legal as I know.It's legal as I know, as long if poses the rights to the content that you are showing, and you don't steal someone else's content. I think that the rules are similar to the YouTube one's, if this helps you to have a better image of how it's working, because it's a bigger and more popular platform, and I think that you know it very well. The best solution is to ask for professional service like https://legaloutsourcingservices.co.uk/, to deal with the business related questions, the lawyers from there will tell you for sure what to do in order to not violate the rules.

Edited August 2, 2021 by Heatlsh

[johnbutler00055 0]

On 3/3/2019 at 8:27 PM, mastrmind11 said:

A quick googling shows https://www.wlu.edu/general-counsel/answer-center/copyright-and-intellectual-property/copyright-guidelines-for-showing-movies-and-other-audiovisual-works

 

however, it really depends on how high profile your business is.  I take my kids to a barber that shows movies while the kids get their hair cut... I don't see the feds in there, and the place has been in business for 20+ years.

Questions around whether something is legal for business use usually come down to permissions, licensing, and how the service is actually being used. A lot of people focus on the tool itself and forget the usage details matter just as much. I had a similar thought while reading because planning and understanding requirements early often prevents bigger issues later. Small details can save a lot of trouble down the road.

[loirp 0]

A lot depends on the content, not Emby itself. Emby is simply the platform used to organize and play the media.

If you're showing movies or other copyrighted content in a business, you generally need to make sure you have the appropriate public-performance or commercial viewing rights. Not charging customers doesn't automatically make it legal.

This explains the copyright rules around showing movies and other audiovisual works in public/business settings:

https://www.wlu.edu/general-counsel/answer-center/copyright-and-intellectual-property/copyright-guidelines-for-showing-movies-and-other-audiovisual-works

So the important question isn't whether Emby is legal for business use, but whether you have the necessary rights to publicly show the particular content you're playing.