On 6/27/05, theREALmxyzptlk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what if i have sold/lost/broken the record in question in the > > meantime. will i have to produce some sort of proof / documentation
What about if said record isn't commercially available and hasn't been for a long time? That was an "acceptable" argument that was used with old computer games and generally accepted unless the company involved actually wanted to enforce their copyright and actually write a legal letter to those providing the downloads involved like nintendo did. But then it was a bit more of a gray area and people didn't have a bee in their bonnet about it all like the recording industry has. Sometimes, i guess, circulated copies help keep the value of a future pressing up as they don't vanish into obscurity. Plus theres the whole posterity thing. A lot of video game companies accepted that argument. except Nintendo, Capcom and a few of the bigger ones. At least that was my perception of the whole retro game thing.
