stet
Volitar Prime
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Warren, MI
| A few issues with that article...
How is copying a DVD for a friend consider a "fair use right"?
I wasn't aware that a "perfect" copy of Spiderman has been uploaded to the net. I thought they were all handycams of one sort or another.
Any kind of copy protection included in the hardware will be defeated. Then we'll be back to where we are today only with the added cost of this hardware level piracy protection added into the cost of hardware and software.
My opinion is that they need to be more pro-active is stopping distribution, especially over the net.
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Ray
Mahnahmahna
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| He wasn't talking about a copy for a friend. A "personal use" copy is for self-use only, like a backup. For example, it gets really hot here so I don't take my original CDs and leave them in the car - I take copies, while my original remains safe at home.
Edit: Stet, were you replying to tomsprat? In any case, I agree - making a copy for someone else IS a copyright violation.
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tomsprat
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| quote:
Edit: Stet, were you replying to tomsprat? In any case, I agree - making a copy for someone else IS a copyright violation.
That confused me, too, so I went back and found this in the article "interesting quotes":
quote:
Zuck and Potter say such a measure would deny consumers fair use rights, which permit copying a DVD for a friend or making a duplicate CD to take to the beach.
Yes, I agree that copying for a friend would be a violation of copyright.
I couldn't find any such quote by Zuck and Potter, nor is it contained in the proposed Consumer Bill of Rights. I wonder where it originated? Pretty stupid statement, regardless.
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stet
Volitar Prime
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Warren, MI
| reply to Ray
I was referring to the quote that tomsprat pointed out in the followup to your comment, not to anything in tomsprat's original comments.
Man, this is starting to get too confusing for a Friday morning 
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