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| Time: 08:44 EST/13:44 GMT | News Source: VNUNet | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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With Windows Media Player 9 (WM9) it's not users but broadcasters, Hollywood, and the music studios which are being offered a tempting bait - guaranteed copy protection - and they're all but hooked. Bill Gates's vision means that users will not be able to make an illegal copy of something which is intellectual property. MP3s will have copy protection and, more importantly, one in which Windows Media formats are the only digital games in town. | ||
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| #26 By 2960 (68.100.157.191) at 9/6/2002 5:19:34 PM |
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CTO,
That option only controls what you create, not what others might want to control. If you download a song from the web, and the seller wants to lock it to that PC, they can regardless of how you set that option. That option is for you, personally. Not for anyone elses content. TL |
| #27 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 9/6/2002 6:33:17 PM |
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If that were true, then the sharing of files on napster would be legal, because none of the users are charging each other. As we have seen, though, it is quite illegal and napster was ordered to shut down as a result.
If you still feel that I'm wrong, though, show me the law the backs you up. |
| #28 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 9/6/2002 10:59:05 PM |
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It would seem to me after reading sections 106, 106A, and 107 that if any commercial harm can come to the copyright holder as a result of the use, that use would not be considered fair. Redistribution whether for commercial gain or not of a copyrighted work for which you do not own the copyright, then, would seem to me to violate copyright law (unless, the copyright holder had permitted you to do so). This would be the legal grounds used to shut down Napster. Since a person receiving a copy of a copyrighted work wouldn't need to buy it, that causes commercial harm to the copyright holder, thus the use is not fair and is in violation of the law.
This says quite a bit about DRM. What many here take to be their rights are really actions that are currently difficult to prevent. It is not legal for me to make a copy of a CD for a friend of mine, but it is very difficult to prevent me from doing that. This does not make it my right. If DRM would aid copyright holders in enforcing their copyrights, then all hail DRM and Palladium! Thanks, stubear for bringing to my attention where ths "fair use" concept came from. You might, though, have published a link (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/circ92.pdf) to the copyright law. For anyone interested, page 28 of the PDF has the section the deals with "fair use". |
| #29 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 9/7/2002 6:00:02 AM |
| Your English is fine. Your reasoning is crazy. I know guys that have downloaded gigs of mp3s. Is it even remotely accurate to say they plan to purchase them? NO! If you plan to purchase CD's, you don't need to download mp3s (perhaps for a quick trial, but that's it). Of all my friends who download music, only one of them purchases albums. He does this because he doesn't believe in piracy and is trying to go "legit" after years of being a pirate. He did mp3s long before there was such a thing as Napster. |
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