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Posted by grant kinsley on 07/19/06 23:21
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:16:46 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:40:37 GMT, grant kinsley
><sawbones@uniserve.com> wrote:
>
>>>You are not aware of what Fair Use means.
>
>>Fair Use by it's very definition excludes distribution (whether for
>>profit or not) of complete works. Fair use allows copying of small
>>segments of a work within the body of another work for example use,
>>provided it's appropriatly referenced.
>
>Then explain why people can make copies of TV programs in entirety as
>long as its not for profit. You can even show the program to a friend.
>
>Congress settled this issue in favor of the consumer many years ago
>when Sony tried to take over home recording. You can do what you want
>as long as it does not result in a profit.
>
>I realize that there has been an extensive agenda of Judicial
>Activism, where courts attempt to write laws. And they get by with it
>because it takes so long to fight it in the Supreme Court, and even
>then the chances for overturning judicial activism is not all that
>good.
>
>I will give my consent to be governed by the laws passed by Congress.
>I will not consent to greedy lawyers buying crooked judges who screw
>around with the law for the benefit of special interests. You can put
>a gun to my head and I still will not consent to be governed that way.
>That is not the Rule of Law, it is the Rule of Men. If you succumb to
>it, you are not a citizen - you are a peasant.
Yes you can time shift, however the production of a recording and
giving it to your friend is still illegal, having the means to do it,
and it being legal are two separate things. The fact that no one cares
if you give your buddy a copy of the porn show you taped last night,
does not, in fact make it legal. Showing the copy to your buddy is
also a lot different than distributing it to thousands of people via
the internet.
Tell you what, set up a home video duping studio and advertise that
you are going to give away discs of the stuff you copy. you'll soon
find that someone may be interested in your less than legal
activities.
BTW the legal right to time shift, and fair use doctrine are in fact
two different things. so before you talk more about fair use and time
shifting, you should maybe actually look up what you are talking
about.
GK
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