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LOLEvilDragon said:? The Pandora ... should that be legal?
If you're talking about emulators... well, then no PC worldwide is legal. They can all play emulators.
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LOLEvilDragon said:? The Pandora ... should that be legal?
If you're talking about emulators... well, then no PC worldwide is legal. They can all play emulators.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), unless authorized by the owners of copyright in the sound recording or the owner of copyright in a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program), and in the case of a sound recording in the musical works embodied therein, neither the owner of a particular phonorecord nor any person in possession of a particular copy of a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program), may, for the purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage, dispose of, or authorize the disposal of, the possession of that phonorecord or computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program) by rental, lease, or lending, or by any other act or practice in the nature of rental, lease, or lending. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall apply to the rental, lease, or lending of a phonorecord for nonprofit purposes by a nonprofit library or nonprofit educational institution. The transfer of possession of a lawfully made copy of a computer program by a nonprofit educational institution to another nonprofit educational institution or to faculty, staff, and students does not constitute rental, lease, or lending for direct or indirect commercial purposes under this subsection.
Was it not obvious enough that I was being facetious?B-ZaR said:Sitwon said:Wow, those TI guys are a bunch of jerks. Why do they get to have all the fun? ;-)
I'm also curious what the patent was for.
What? They handle a patent issue for OP and they are jerks?
T'was indeed!Sitwon said:Was it not obvious enough that I was being facetious?B-ZaR said:Sitwon said:Wow, those TI guys are a bunch of jerks. Why do they get to have all the fun? ;-)
I'm also curious what the patent was for.
What? They handle a patent issue for OP and they are jerks?
First off, what you quoted above is after Napster, when the huge corporations changed things.Gary13579 said:I'm sorry, but that is a bunch of bull, second exodus. You are entitled a single back up copy of anything you own, and you may not have both copies in use at the same time. Sharing the copies is illegal, whether it's online or with your BFFFFFFL.
It gets a lot more complicated when it comes down to music.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), unless authorized by the owners of copyright in the sound recording or the owner of copyright in a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program), and in the case of a sound recording in the musical works embodied therein, neither the owner of a particular phonorecord nor any person in possession of a particular copy of a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program), may, for the purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage, dispose of, or authorize the disposal of, the possession of that phonorecord or computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program) by rental, lease, or lending, or by any other act or practice in the nature of rental, lease, or lending. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall apply to the rental, lease, or lending of a phonorecord for nonprofit purposes by a nonprofit library or nonprofit educational institution. The transfer of possession of a lawfully made copy of a computer program by a nonprofit educational institution to another nonprofit educational institution or to faculty, staff, and students does not constitute rental, lease, or lending for direct or indirect commercial purposes under this subsection.
Even worst, a lawsuit against you.Gary13579 said::rolleyes: okay then, keep living in your fantasy world. don't be shocked when you're arrested.
AHEM, I'm with EA games corporation, expect a call within 72 hours.second exodous said:Eh, I don't 'pirate' a lot of stuff, I don't download games or music on the internet so if somehow a huge corporation finds out I have a few games on my HD that I got from friends then kudos to them.
That's all I'm really trying to say, I don't see it getting any better either.tdude51 said:@second exodus
What it all boils down to is that current copyright laws suck and help nobody. It was a very similar case with the software RealDVD. It was supposed to allow you to make 1 copy of a DVD on your computer that you could watch whenever you wanted, but it wouldn't be able to play on any other computer. Hollywood still ended up taking them to court...
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/09/court-bans-sales-of-realdvd-indefinitely/
Ok, first off I need to say that I believe in supporting the people that make media that I enjoy, even though rights of content creators hasn't been brought up.El Jefe said:AHEM, I'm with EA games corporation, expect a call within 72 hours.second exodous said:Eh, I don't 'pirate' a lot of stuff, I don't download games or music on the internet so if somehow a huge corporation finds out I have a few games on my HD that I got from friends then kudos to them.
You are being subpoenaed.
I'll agree to that.lulzfish said:So the Pandora is legal, but second exodus is not?
skeezix said:And second ex, the rules vary by media and licencing and so on. How you got it, what media type etc.. Books are very different to music, Which is different to movies, etc. (Example, asshole riaa equiv in Canada managed to lobby so we pay a levy on all media (blank cd and hard drives say) since we are all Assumed to be pirates andnot do real work. As such it is legal to copy music in Canada(!!) though it is amoral and unsupportive. Movies are not covered though, so a very different thing. Every country is a mess this way :/)
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skeezix said:And second ex, the rules vary by media and licencing and so on. How you got it, what media type etc.. Books are very different to music, Which is different to movies, etc. (Example, asshole riaa equiv in Canada managed to lobby so we pay a levy on all media (blank cd and hard drives say) since we are all Assumed to be pirates andnot do real work. As such it is legal to copy music in Canada(!!) though it is amoral and unsupportive. Movies are not covered though, so a very different thing. Every country is a mess this way :/)