5 Mar
2005
5 Mar
'05
3:52 a.m.
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 04:14:48 +0100, Vintage Computer Festival
<vcf at siconic.com> wrote:
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Tom Hudson wrote:
There is always a place in the world where fair use will allow to make
needed copies.
Some countries levy a tax on blank media to cover private copying, I think
Germany is among them.
In Norway, we have been allowed to distribute private copies as long as
there is no kind of reimbursement involved.
The new law (based on the new EU copyright directive) will still
explicitely allow unlimited personal copies of things that lack effective
copy protection, and to make copies to the same media types of items with
copy protection.
We also have schools and libraries which pay an annual fee to be allowed
copying stuff. I think there is always a way, but possibly not in the US.
--
-bv
Whoops. I was scrolled down and didn't see
the follow-up messages
regarding copyright. Never mind!
Yes, the God of Copyright must be obeyed! All hail Life of Author + 70
Years!!
If we're lucky, our great grandkids will be able to see that video, if it
hasn't already cumbled into dust.