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Posted by Rick Merrill on 03/14/06 01:13
PTravel wrote:
> "Rick Merrill" <rickZERODOTmerrill@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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>>PTravel wrote:
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>>>"Rick Merrill" <rickZERODOTmerrill@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:EZadnVW6sJUhZYjZRVn-tA@comcast.com...
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>>>>jdurham wrote:
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>>>>>I need to get some footage off the Passion movie for my church. How can
>>>>>I rip that footage off of the DVD?
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Jason
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>>>>Open the DVD under Windows XP, drag the *.VOB files to your
>>>>hard drive (eg \temp ) and use the Womble MPEG Video Wizard
>>>>(30 free trial) to extract the bits you want - I am assuming that you
>>>>will make "fair use" of the clips, including giving
>>>>credit to Mel Gibson, et al.
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>>>1. There's nothing in the post that indicates the proposed use would
>>>come under fair use. There is no such thing as an, "it's for God"
>>>exception to copyright infringement.
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>>>2. Attribution is irrelevant to a determination of fair use, and only
>>>serves as an admission of intentional copyright infringement.
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>>Have you got a gun?
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> As a matter of act, I do. What has that got to do with this thread?
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Apparently you always shoot from the hip.
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>>1 - I said I "assumed" this on my own responsibility. Hope that's ok by u.
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> Assumed what? I corrected a couple of misstatements of law, that's all.
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>>2 - Attribution is necessary to avoid simple plagiarism.
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> "Simple plagiarism" isn't against the law, and doesn't result in liability.
> Copyright infringement is against the law, and can result in significant
> liability. Churches can and have been sued for infringement before.
> Attribution doesn't mitigate either damages or liability, and only serves as
> an admission of intentional infringement.
>
You are impuning the OP's motives with no evidence, just so you can pontificate.
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