2004-04-07, 03:19 | Link #21 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Just to clear some things up. In canada there is a levy or tax they pay for blank cds which implicitly allows the downloading of music. What it does not allow is uploading of music. So the greedy bastards went to court to sue people with music in their shared folders and the judge said no way.
WHen you download music it goes into your shared folder which happens to be available for everyone else to download from. You're not doing anything wrong when somebody accesses your shared folder to download music that you downloaded legally. You didn't distribute it, you didn't annouce to anyone that it was there and you took no part in distribution. In other words in their greediness to tax blank cds they left a big hole in the law. A couple of days ago a few of the canadian ministers vowed to fix that flawed copyright bill. |
2004-04-07, 10:05 | Link #22 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Looking for his book...
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The ruling states that it is not illegal to share MP3s, a ruling stating fansubs were legal would violate every international copyright treaty the country has signed. Fansubs and MP3s are two completely different things. Fansubs are still 100% illegal, everywhere in the world... except in Taiwan (they haven't signed any of the agreements). Just so you know, video piracy does not require you to sell a copy of the product. Simply copying and/or sharing (cost free) is still illegal. Furthermore, fansubbing in and of itself is the act of ripping off licensed and protected works. Lastly, you should not assume Canadian law applies to the internet, specifically it applies to in home usage. Just because it is currently legal to share MP3s in Canada does not give a Canadian the right to share the MP3s with someone from another nation were it is illegal to share MP3s. Do not assume MP3s and Fansubs are the same thing. |
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2004-04-07, 17:43 | Link #23 | ||
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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I think I agree, though, with most of your main point about music and fansubs being two seperate matters. While there are some similarities (Canadians can record a copy of TV programs for personal use, just like music), the International laws and treaties ultimately apply. |
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