Surely the issue is more to do with the purpose to which any download is put.
Personal enjoyment is one thing, 'educational use' in its broadest
sense is usually deemed to be OK.. even if the material is presented
to your 'public' i.e. a class, but *not* if it's re-broadcast by you,
or played out to an open field at the local church fete!
Chris,
I have been watching this list and couldn't agree more. If you look
at most peoples worlds they have to break some copyright just to get
something new off the ground. If the BBC is interested in this code
then I would think that they would be more than thankful that
someone has taken the time to write it, after all this does the same
thing:
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Audio/WireTap-Pro.shtml
As the music business proves, the copyright laws are in need of a
complete rewrite, they should
not stop innovation.
It is ones terms of use and actual usage of a product that
determines whether it breaks the law or not. In this case it would
take two seconds to change any wording and become legit.
Sorry, I hate to see the fear factor determine what can be done:)
Regards
Richard
On 5 Aug 2005, at 12:00, Chris Walker wrote:
Tom Loosemore wrote:
See you in court.
Not exactly helpful feedback is it?
Ave; your script is almost certainly breaking copyright - the
Listen Again service is time limited (media available for 7-14 days
after initial transmission then it gets removed I believe) as are
all services like it to my knowledge - I would remove the project
from SourceForge and explore licensing issues.
Regards,
C.
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