On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 04:50 PM, Karen Swenson wrote: > > Charles Martin wrote: > >> You might be surprised to >> hear it, but I agree with you that OOP material should probably be >> exempted from the current draconian state of copyright law. > > A while back, I mentioned I use P2P to download old music which I > bought on vinyl record, still have, but currently cannot play as I lack > a working turntable. A lot of it has been reissued on CD, and the MP3s > I find are probably from the CD version, but IMO I am not violating > copyright law as I did pay for the record. Would you agree this is not > "stealing music?" If it is, I'll wipe LimeWire off my HD forever! > > Karen > > >
A case in Norway just ruled in favor of a teenage programmer/hacker who hacked the code on a dvd movie to store it on his computer's hard drive for viewing purposes. How this came to court, I don't know. The hacker's right to transfer the content from one format to another was upheld. Here's a generalization that is controversial: copyright was never intended to allow an artist or content provider OR corporate copyright holder to profit indefinitely. Letting things go into the public domain asap is better for the economy and the culture as a whole. God help public libraries with the current Supreme Court! The above court case was widely covered in the press. it could easily be found at wired.com. Donald -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
