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I keep all my books and all my music although most of them are now in digital format. I have packing cases of old CDs, LPs and Cassette tapes mouldering away in a storage facility; more than two and a half thousand of them. We had a case that made news here recently - a woman who made a dress for her daughter based on an expensive designer dress that she saw in a magazine. She received a small fine. I think that the Magistrate was reluctant to even go that far but had to follow the law. |
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09-15-2012, 03:12 PM | #108 |
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This is interesting stuff, what if I buy a secondhand copy of a book at a garage sale that is only half readable due to water damage, am I still legally entitled to use these dollar scan places to obtain an e-version?
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09-15-2012, 05:04 PM | #109 |
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Yes. I believe you're legally allowed to have them scan your half-readable, water-damaged, second-hand, garage sale purchased copy for you.
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09-15-2012, 05:31 PM | #110 | |
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Keep in mind he is in Australia, so if you are in China, UK, USA, Canada, or etc... Laws could be and probably are completely different. |
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It does make sense; that has no bearing whatsoever on the law. Quote:
There are rather a lot of laws and penalties that are based on the presumption that people will become criminals if given the opportunity. Quote:
If you lose it you won't, the licence is still yours, it can only pass to another if you give it or sell it. If I lose or have my car stolen, it is still mine, the person who stole it or found it does not have title. Quote:
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09-16-2012, 02:53 AM | #112 |
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We should just throw out copyright. And let the market find its own balance. culture can be supported by the state and private donors... then we'll back to the good old days, and information will be free flowing without the threat of violence because someone doesn't like your ebook or film.
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Actually it does. UK copyright law has a specific exemption for recording off the radio for personal, non-commercial use. That's why many DAB radios sold in the UK have recording capabilities.
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09-16-2012, 03:16 AM | #114 |
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Some publishers offer up the digital copy with the paperbook. Nice idea.
But then, it's the publisher choise to offer the e-book, and your choice to accept the deal or not. I have no problem with buying e-books of books I own as paperback. If I liked a book enough to re-read it once, i'm likely to re-read it again. |
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Elfwreck, note he is posting from Australia, none of your American examples apply. I know nothing of the law in the land down under, so I can not speak to his rightness or wrongness for his country. However in America.. Quote:
So it is not as cut and draw as anyone would like it to be. |
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In the case of "record a radio/tv show," you don't have the original at all. You're making a copy to keep of something you legally have temporary access to. The same argument could be made for scanning a library book in order to read it on an ereader, or because you read slowly enough that the standard loan period isn't long enough. (E.g. reading it aloud for a sick relative.) And the right to record sound hasn't been extended to the right to record text, although some recent rulings imply that it would be, if that particular issue ever went to court. |
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So ... are you folks saying that when I cleaned up my old LPs and turned them into CDs and/or mp3 files, I had some actual legal obligation to keep the LPs? Or when I converted my VHS tapes to DVDs, I was supposed to keep the tapes piled up in the closet? Or if I scan a book, I'm supposed to hold on to the paper copy?
Why? Either legally or from a commonsense perspective, why? |
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But that is my opinion, and not the opinion of a lawyer or judge, so take that as you may. |
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That most certainly does not sound fine! |
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