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Summary. Michigan prohibits the recording and disclosure of any private conversations, whether in person or over the phone, without the consent of all parties, by someone who is not a party to the conversation. Courts disagree whether participants to the conversation may record without permission of the other parties.

One of the rights protected by copyright is the right to ?publicly perform? the work, or to authorize others to do so. For a book, this would seem to mean reading it aloud. a recording of a book being read aloud could also be considered a derivative work. In either case, permission from the copyright owner is required.

Does reading a copyrighted book without permission of the copyright holder constitute copyright infringement? No. Reading is what books are intended to be. You're not allowed to copy or duplicate the work, and re-print or use in your own work.

However, Michigan has what is known as a one-party consent law. With regard to eavesdropping, this means that only one party must give consent for the recording of their conversation. If a third-party is recording two people without their knowledge or consent, then it becomes an eavesdropping violation.

Yes, under certain circumstances you can record conversation in Michigan. Courts in the State of Michigan have recognized that an individual who is part of a conversation does not need the permission of other participants to record the conversation. The case law in Michigan is very clear on this point.

Generally, in California, you cannot legally record a conversation without the other person's consent, but such evidence may be admissible in criminal cases even if it was unlawfully recorded.

If you have recordings that were legally obtained, then whether you can use that evidence in court will depend on your state's rules of evidence. Generally, you may have to prove the authenticity (validity/truthfulness) of a recording to the judge and prove whose voices or images are on the recording.