On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:09:36 +0000, Allan Stirling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
REALLY gets my back up. Again. This is what the media companies are
trying to (rightly) prevent with the broadcast flag.
No, this is not "rightly" something that media companies should be
allowed to prevent. Under current law, they CAN'T prevent it. It is
perfectly legal of you to lend a copy of a movie/TV show to a friend
to borrow and watch.
From my reading, this only applies to the FIRST copy (ie the original work, as broadcast). Does anyone have a reference for this allowance to lend a non-derivative copy?
Would you assert that when you have friendsThese are all seperate issues, since you are watching either the first copy, or timeshifting for your own personal use.
over, they shouldn't be allowed to watch TV at your house because they
don't help pay your cable bill? If you are the person who rents a
movie at blockbuster, should your wife/girlfriend/kids have to also
rent the movie before they can sit down and watch it with you?
The
broadcast flag is trying to enforce a legal lie that you are the only
person who should be allowed to watch content that came from your
television, when both previously written law and common law say
otherwise.
Again, references. The only one I can find that answers this specific question is:What she advocates doing is legal, and should remain legal as a form of fair use.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=434043
Which says this is *not* legal.
Cheers,
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