Can I make my legally bought music available to the public?

[kellemes]

I'm working on my personal blog that will be available to the general public. I want to occasionally post music I'm currently listening to.
Instead of offering the audiofile for download I will use an embedded mediaplayer (flowplayer) to have people listen to this music.
I understand there are tools available for folks to download the music anyway but this is not my intent.

Well.. can I legally do this? Or can I expect trouble?

And another thing, most albums I buy are boxed, so I need to rip to get them on my harddrive, I *have* to do this because I stream my music through my home-server to my audio-system.
Is this ripping of albums for personal use legal at all?

Not sure if it's relevant but I'm working from The Netherlands.

[Kareeser]

It most definitely is relevent, as the laws regarding this vary from country to country. Your best bet would be contacting a lawyer (or a law student?) to find out for sure.

Better to be safe than sorry, though, and leave them off.

[whoop]

I don't think that's technically legal... Even if people don't know how to download (you actually can download an audio stream).
Do you know it's actually not even legal to have a radio playing in your own store (while customers are present) in The Netherlands without paying money? It's ridiculous.

[monsterstack]

Ripping your own CDs is not illegal. They're yours, remember. I don't think any countries specifically outlaw doing this, but I might be wrong. In any event, exercise your right to do what you want with your own stuff.

As far as streaming music goes, perhaps you could try mpd?

[kellemes]

Do you know it's actually not even legal to have a radio playing in your own store (while customers are present) in The Netherlands without paying money? It's ridiculous.

Well, a store is trying to make money, they play music to create an atmosphere in which people are more willing to hang around and buy stuff.
I think it's reasonable for artists to get a little peace of the pie.

But I'm not aiming for personal gain, it's a personal blog.

[KiwiNZ]

Check the laws in the Netherlands.

We do not support the use of illegal practices on this forum. I am closing this thread