The DOJ gave an example that movie theaters are exempt from 2257 since they merely screen other people's work.
Suppose I build a brick and mortar movie theater and license a movie to show there.
Now suppose I build a website and stream that very same movie online.
What is the difference here?
I assume it's because the theater is considered a "distributor" of other people's work, and distributors are exempt. We need clarification as to what type of websites constitute them being mere distributors also.
If I put up content and say... This stuff is from Whoever, go check them out if you want more... how am I not simply "screening" their work? I had nothing to do with the actual works at all, and I'm certainly not taking any type of credit for it. Don't say I'm republishing it either, because I'm not republishing it any more so than a theater projecting movies they don't own onto a screen. This is just over the internet.
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