31 Aug
2006
31 Aug
'06
7:44 p.m.
On Thursday 31 August 2006 22:33, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 8/31/2006 at 9:55 PM Patrick Finnegan wrote:
This is largely why I haven't spent much time putting stuff like this online
myself. Keeping a low profile for this stuff if you're not 100% sure it's ok
is critical. Ie, scan stuff, and provide it on request, or just put up one
or two articles. Putting up a huge easily findable repository is probably
not a great idea.
Pat
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I generally like to follow the "it's
better to ask for forgiveness than to
ask for permission" rule, unless I'm friends with the person involved, or
am
fairly sure they'll say "yes".
Of course, if it's obvious they'll say "no", I try to avoid putting
myself
in a bad place... (eg, distributing copies of things that you can still
buy
copies of)
Because this gets a lot of heated grumbling on the music lists and I'm not
about to start another goes-nowehere thread, I'll submit the following and
not carry the matter any further.
1) Unlike patent infringement, which is a civil matter, copyright
violation is a criminal subject. That means that someone with a desire to
make an "example" out of you can have the federal marshalls break down your
front door (warrant in hand) and carry off all your goodies as evidence.
And penalties, should the matter go to trial, carry the risk of prison
time.