=== The original message was multipart MIME === === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Hi everyone! Have any governments other than the US Government made positive steps to legitimize common home-recording practices such as archiving, transfer to different media for use in players that handle the other media and people making custom-built music compilations? If so, could these details be posted up on the list. Also are there any plans to revise the WIPO treaty to cater for this kind of activity. It would make sense to do this because most users would own the original copy at the time of recording. If not, has there been any fierce lobbying for change to occur on these laws to permit most home taping activities. Other issues that could be looked at as far as the AHRA is concerned is where people stand if the original recording is lost, stolen or destroyed. This is very common when recordings are lent out and they take up permanent residence in someone else's library; and walking on water is easier than persuading someone to return that CD of yours. I once visited a guy whom I had lent CDs to a year prior and had a look at his CD collection and had found some of my discs in his collection. This was because I had signed the CD covers before releasing them, then saw my signature on the CDs that I found in the collection.. There are reasons why people make compilation recordings even though there are the compilation CDs around is that even the best compilation CD around may contain a few tracks that may not cut it. The home-brew compilation tape or MiniDisc just has nothing but those tracks that you want -- no party-killing songs, no songs that need to be moved past. With regards, Simon Mackay === MIME part removed : text/html; === ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
