adamslim;158480 Wrote: > I actually struggle to see the parallels - AllOfMP3 sold, directly, > stuff that was someone else's copyright, without paying them for it. I > don't like a lot of what the record companies are doing re downloads, > DRM and the like, but I do recognise the necessity for them to make > money from their artists (and, indeed, pay some of that to the artist!)
Actually, allofmp3 contends that they have a license to sell music in Russia and that they pay the fees to do this. The attempt to shut them down a couple of years ago failed because of this: they do appear to be telling the truth that they are legally allowed to sell music in Russia. The question then becomes whether it can cross borders legally... and where all the interesting legal questions are. If it is legal to sell their music in Russia, can you go to Russia with a laptop or USB drive, buy a bunch of music return home with it? Why or why not? Could you go to Japan and buy a copy of a Japanese game and bring it home to play on your Playstation? What if you bought a truckload of games in Japan and brought them home to sell to others who couldn't make the trip? We are going to see more of this in the next few years: the UK has refused to extend copyrights into eternity... what about something like the Beatles library, still copyrighted in the US, but with an expired copyright in the UK? Could you go to the UK and get a free copy on your laptop and bring it home? What if you bought a CD and brought it home? That is exactly why the legal issues here are interesting: the world is getting smaller, not just because of the 'net and mp3's -- but because of increased trade, easy conversion between monetary types, and airmail.... But each country has differing rules on the terms of copyrights, for example, not to mention different interpretations on what exactly is "download music" and what is "streaming radio" Or prices things differently in different territories: why is a Nikon camera made for the Asian market considered bad if a retailer imports it himself? And if I want to pay for a copy of Final Fantasy in Japanese, why can't I? -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28858 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
