On Saturday 10 June 2006 14:48, Louis Alferez wrote: > Escasa said: "You don't even have to *sell* the CD copies -- distribution, > even if > free, to other people, is a violation of copyright law. You know about > those wedding give-aways of CDs full of cheesy music? Strictly > speaking, that re-distribution is illegal." > > Mr. Escasa, > > I'm not a lawyer, but I'm not sure about what you wrote. Sections 184, 185 > and 217 of the 1997 Philippine Intellectual Property Code (RA 8293), > http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1997/ra_8293_1997.html seem to > suggest that practically all distribution for "non-profit" motivations are > regarded as "fair use." Wouldn't this include personal archiving and > distribution of compilations to friends? May test case na ba tayo dito?
I'm not sure if this would include other cases concerning "intellectual property" (as there's really no such thing) eg: photocopying of books, but afaik, corporations have been very eager redefining "the right of corporations" against the right of individual humans. Copyright by itself, like monopolies and trademarks are, are still state-conjured constructs that cannot override the inate right of public dissemination of knowledge. While this is quite a very touchy subject that borders into the legal realm, I would suggest discussions on "IP" be redirected to PLUG-Misc. We do have a few lawyers in the mailing list too :D -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
