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Originally Posted by rhizomeman  How do they work? |
ok - you asked for it.
if we're going to have a real conversation, please educate yourself.
this is pretty easy to follow - it's for college students at UCLA:
Intellectual Property Law: Why Should I Care?
and this from Wikipedia on Intellectual_Property
Intellectual property - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I know from another thread you just saw an anti-copyright documentary that argues over COPYRIGHT TERM and PUBLIC DOMAIN issues. Although related to this subject, they are different than what we've been discussing.
There does appear to be an end of Public Domain coming. I addressed this in the other forum's thread. I have mixed feelings about it. But that's a different conversation, let's stay on point here.
as for this:
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Originally Posted by rhizomeman Ok, if that's the case everytime you sing "happy birthday" you owe Disney money. Have you ever sung "Happy Birthday" and NOT paid Disney? Well, then you are a copyright PIRATE - you cannot pick and choose which copyright laws to respect based upon convenience.
Also, have you ever made a xerox of a published page (book page, magazine article, etc...) without getting permission - again if so, you are a copyright PIRATE - just because technology makes something convenient doesn't mean it's all of a sudden legal - you're still breaking the law.
I raise these two points just to show that EVERYONE is breaking copyright laws ALL THE TIME. |
It's called FAIR USE when for the individual use. You can read more about it here:
Fair use - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
the factors to be considered in fair use shall include:
- the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
- the nature of the copyrighted work;
- the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
- the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
However - it stops being fair use when you make unlimited illegal copies and distribute them globally and indiscriminately. This is why the RIAA is going after UPLOADERS and not DOWNLOADERS - the woman in Ohio was "sharing" - ie, illegally copying and distributing 1,700 Songs to the whole world.
This is a lot different than an "individual use". Fair Use of File Sharing is the basis of the defense in the current Tenebaum case, read more here:
DoJ supports RIAA in Sony v. Tenenbaum three-ring circus - Ars Technica
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