05-10-2003, 11:47 AM
Quark,May 9 2003, 03:18 PM Wrote:That movie you rented from Blockbuster copied in your VCR? Illegal, but one person has access to it. Someone selling said copies at a trade show? Chances are they'll get noticed.Actually you're allowed to make a single copy of a movie, music c and the like (not software however) for personal use only, if and only if the original is not a copy itself. It doesn't matter where the original is from as long as it's legally in your possesion, thus you can rent a movie at eg. Blockbuster, make a copy and return the original while legally keeping the copy. You can also borrow a (store bought) music cd from one of your friends and make a copy for yourself. You can not however make legal copies to your friends, they must make them themselves (but you can let them make legal copies with your equipment :lol: ). You are not allowed to distribute the copy (or make copies of it) in any way.
We had a lawyer over to explain copyright and intellectual property before easter and this was one of the points he brought up.
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