Posted by Quanta on 11/07/06 02:54

"Citizen Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:35:24 GMT, "PTravel"
> <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote:
>
>>Viewing a tape with my wife implicates the right to make copies and the
>>right to publicly perform. Under Sony v. Universal, making a copy in this
>>context is Fair Use. A viewing by immediate family and friends is, by
>>definition in the statute, not a "public performance," so that the
>>performance right is not implicated.
>
> What is "immediate family"? Who are "friends"?
>
> What about making a copy and giving it to my wife, my immediate family
> and my friends towatch - and not charging them for anything more than
> the cost of the medium?
>
> I have no idea

Finally a statement of fact.

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