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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:28:44 -0400
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [IP] more on Ohio University announces changes in file-sharing policies Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:06:46 -0400 From: Peter Wayner <pcw () flyzone com> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, acb () acb net CC: Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> References: <4632055C.8000305 () acb net> <115A9495-C877-4514-A58E-6687B2B61DB3 () farber net> This has changed. You don't need to profit to be found guilty of criminal charges for violating someone's copyright. There's now a clause that offers criminal charges for those who : by the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $1,000, At a party, I was told about a person who received a fully stocked iPod from a sibling as a gift. The 5000+ songs weren't bought from iTunes but gathered from CDs and other sources. Fair use? It sure seems to push the definition if there's so much material going to another person in another state. But it might be read as a violation of title 17,506 (a) (2). http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/ usc_sec_17_00000506----000-.html#a_2 Your mileage may vary. On Apr 27, 2007, at 11:24 AM, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Andrew Burnette <acb () acb net> Date: April 27, 2007 10:14:52 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on Ohio University announces changes in file- sharing policies With all due respect. Copyright violation is NOT a crime, unless in the pursuit of profit. It is and always has been a civil matter at the end user level. Of course, if you press 1000 DVD's with the motive to sell the work, that is in fact a crime. When will informed people stop towing the MPAA/RIAA line of misstatements around as gospel. Simply read the FBI warning on ANY DVD word by word and you'll note the subtle distinction, as they cannot call it a criminal offense, and do not, because simple filesharing and personal violation of copyright is not a crime. (Note: Rather than suing end users, do you not think it would be easier for the RIAA/MPAA to simply swear before a magistrate for an arrest warrant if they could?; they cannot, and therefore, are only able to extort via threat of civil judgements)
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