Posted by Triffid on 11/14/05 13:25

Don M. wrote:
> "anthonyberet" wrote in message news:3totfgFtj5d5U1@individual.net...
>
>>Link:
>>http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=972
>
> ==========
>
> That paragraph 5A.-(2) of the 'Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988' had me bugged for
> the longest time. I finally decided it means that copies of previously copyrighted sound
> recordings and films cannot be copyrighted on their own, however copies of a copy can be
> considered copies of the original (even though one may try to argue that lossy "copies"
> aren't copies per se).
>
>
> Don
>
>

A lossy copy is a facsimile. This would definitely cause any number of
legal wrangles if a court of here ever did get hold of the issue.

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