I am wondering what is likely to happen if i made a blog where i would make songs available? Not in a "here are a thousand albums to download for free", but more discussing a single song in a blog post and embedding it in a playable state (and thus also downloadable) served directly from my server (and not some spotify / soundcloud / whatever link).

The blog would not be anonymous, it would be possible to trace the server and everything directly to me. Blog would likely be obscure and not grow much. There would be no ad revenues. I am based in norway (in europe, not in the eu but in the eea in case you are not aware).

Am i looking at a couple of dmca takedown requests, legally enforceable fines, lawsuits? I dont expect to get legal advise i can use as a basis for my defense in a potential legal case in the future, but just wanted to know if you had any insights in what could happen.

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[–] themagzuz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

obligatory disclaimer that i am not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice.

legal answer:
i think distributing a song in full on your blog is pretty unambiguously copyright infringement. i think having select snippets that you highlight and talk about would be fine though, as that would likely fall under using the work for critisism. the general rule for fair use is that your work should not replace or supersede the original (which uploading the song in full could). if you absolutely need the songs to be accessible in full, you would probably need to link to something like a streaming service. also be aware that things like album covers might be considered their own works under their own copyright, so reproducing that without critique could also constitue infringement.

practical answer:
i don't think there are scrapers on the general internet looking for copyrighted content so if you're sufficiently small and/or the artists are sufficiently lenient you'll probably be fine, and at worst you'll get a cease and desist and take down the tracks they complain about

[–] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Cheers - it is the "practical answer" that i hope will be the case, ie being able to comply with a request to take it down. I am fine with complying with this. In most cases it will be single songs from some artist i enjoy listening to with links to their pages on bandcamp or qobuz or the like where any reader could purchase the full album drm free.