05-21-2005, 11:34 PM
King Jim,May 21 2005, 11:30 PM Wrote:How about a DVD recorder, the Warning quoted below is at the end of the Spec page <_<
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Read with care
Quote:You may use this product only to reproduce or copy materials for which you "OWN" the copyright or have obtained permission to copy from the copyright owner or for which you otherwise have a legal right to reproduce or copy
Quote:you "OWN" the copyright
ie you wrote/composed/created it
Quote: or have obtained permission to copy from the copyright owner
ie the person who wrote/composed/created has specifically told you that you personally may copy it or there is a general "please feel free to copy this" attached to the work
Quote: or for which you otherwise have a legal right to reproduce or copy
a cop-out clause indicating that Panasonic gathers that copying is sometimes legal and sometimes not but that in any event they're not responsible for either unfairly limiting your freedom by implying restrictions that don't exist nor for affecting someone else's intellectual property rights by implying a freedom to copy which doesn't exist. In other words what they're essentially saying is 1) if you wrote it you can copy it, 2) if the writer says you can, you can copy it, 3) otherwise you're on your own bud. It's actually quite a well-written piece of legalese if you bear in mind that its primary purpose is to make sure Panasonic can't be sued for anything done after they sell the item.