Posted by Citizen Bob on 11/04/06 18:16

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:55:50 -0800, "PTravel"
<ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote:

>Format conversion comes within Fair Use and I would argue that, DMCA
>considerations aside, it would extend to video as well as audio, e.g. Fair
>Use permits me transfer a downloaded Google video to my iPod. It's been a
>while since I've had reason to look at the AHRA, but my understanding is
>that it precludes infringement liability for copies made for personal use.
>You may be correct that it does not authorize sharing.

Fair use includes sharing as long as it is not for monetary gain.

Don't tell me that you haven't watched a tape you made of a TV show
with your wife. That's sharing.

The entertainment industry is behaving in its usual greedy manner,
like before, and like before it's going to get its wings clipped.


--

"First and last, it's a question of money. Those men who own the earth
make the laws to protect what they have. They fix up a sort of fence or
pen around what they have, and they fix the law so the fellow on the
outside cannot get in. The laws are really organized for the protection of
the men who rule the world. They were never organized or enforced to do
justice. We have no system for doing justice, not the slightest in the world."
--Clarence Darrow

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