[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Huh? That's not part of the AHRA as you imply it is, see
>http://www.hrrc.org/ahra.html for the full text. Here's a big clue,
>'phonorecords' is a little dated language don't you think?
I never claimed it was part of the AHRA; my post was a direct response to
the previous message which quoted part of US copyright law. I was
pointing out that he was not quoting all relevant portions, and then
quoted those portions.
As for "phonorecords," it sounds dated, but it means a recorded copy of a
musical work. It's an all-encompassing term. It doesn't mean an LP ;-)
>The text you quote doesn't distinguish whether you own an album or not
>(neither does the AHRA). The text you quote implies any copying is
>illegal. As you say, "note the words 'exclusive rights'".
1) It doesn't have to distinguish whether you own the album or not. It
says that the person who owns the copyright to the work has exclusive
rights on copying and distribution. That means that to copy it and/or
give that copy to someone else, you need their permission.
2) In the second part I quoted:
unless authorized by the owners of copyright in the sound
recording... and in the case of a sound recording in the
musical works embodied therein, neither the owner of a
particular phonorecord nor any person in possession of a
particular copy of a computer program (including any tape,
disk, or other medium embodying such program), may, for
the purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage,
dispose of, or authorize the disposal of, the possession
of that phonorecord or computer program (including any
tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program) by
rental, lease, or lending, or by any other act or practice
in the nature of rental, lease, or lending.
It clearly says that unless the owner of the copyright gives you explicit
permission, you cannot provide a copy of the work "by rental, lease or
lending, or by any other act or practice in the nature of rental, lease,
or lending." It would be difficult to convince people that giving someone
a copy of an album you have is OK under the above.
The interesting thing I've found in this discussion is that all of the
regulations have been aimed at the person who owns the CD/tape/etc. I
haven't seen anything that says "you can't record a copyrighted work
owned by someone else"...
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