Posted by Steve Guidry on 01/30/07 23:12

Ah yes,the international nature of Usenet.

My request was for the USA . . .



"Stuart" <stuart?@whodunnit8.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve Guidry" <steveguidry1@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>>I think I know the answer to this, but . . .
>>
>> A customer brings in a VHS tape he made of a TV show.
>> Says his VHS deck broke and he's not going to replace it.
>> Wants it transferred to DVD.
>>
>> Can I do this for him without breaking the law ?
>> And
>> Can I do this without fear of lawsuit from the copyright holder ?
>>
>> I guess I'm asking for business advice as well as the legal angle.
>>
>> I know that nothing posted here on usenet should ever be construed as
>> "real" legal advice.
>>
>>
> Depends on your jurisdiction - in Australia you would be committing a
> criminal offence. As a business owner you would be guilty of a copyright
> breach no matter if you destroyed the original - the actual 'act' of
> making a copy is illegal for companies or businesses unless the owner of
> the original can prove copyright ownership. A private individual may
> record off air for his own use and may play back once and then must
> delete! like yeah! but that's the new copyright act in Oz
>

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