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Copyright - television broadcasting with offline storage, not playing same across devices
<p>I am looking for insight into copyright laws to see if it is legal to do the following:</p>

<p>Party-A runs a television channel and has broadcast rights for movie contents.</p>

<p>Party-B builds video playing infrastructure in public places and invites television channels to participate. Under this plan, the video contents would be stored in the devices and then played. </p>

<p>Let's say Part-A agrees to participate.</p>

<p>If all the devices may not play the same video at a given time, would it be a violation of the rights of original copyright owner of the video (movie content)</p>

<p>If all the devices play the same video at a given time, technically the infrastructure is only a different broadcasting medium for television. In that case, is it still a violation of the copyright laws in any way?</p>

<p>All of this turns on the terms of the licence between A and the copyright holder; without knowing those terms the question is impossible to answer. Specifically, the behaviour contemplated would need to be provided for in the licence.</p>
