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Originally Posted by quantum-x
Oh my. I love armchair lawyers.
Making a copy 'for a friend' - is illegal.
Recording off the radio - is illegal.
Copying shows from the TV - illegal.
There are, of course, grey areas, and exceptions, mainly concerning intent - but all of your examples are illegal.
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you are so wrong i suggest you read the beta max case again
the fundamental problem with all you pro- MPAA guys is that you are buying into the misrepresentation that copyright violations are theft. They are not, in reality they are an act of fraud (misrepresenting having purchased a right to view) becuase the way copyright law works is that i am not buying the content i am buying the right to view the content.
If i were buying the content i would have a right to sell the content (giving up my right to use at the same time) just like i can do when i buy a car, a bike, a house etc.
The misrepresentation is made by the MPAA because they are attempting to squash fair use rights that currently exist under the law.
of the three examples you claimed are illegal only one is potentially illegal and that is making a copy for a friend. and that is only illegal if the "friend" has not bought or been given a right to view/use by the copyright holder or only of his appointed agents.
So giving my friend a copy of my windows xp to replace the fix his machine (which was bought with windows xp pre-loaded) would be legal (because he is not fraudlently claiming a right to use because he bought a right to use) while giving it to a friend who bought a mac and wants to dual boot would be illegal.
fair use is easy to understand when you properly represent copyright infringement as a fraud and stop misrepresenting it as theft.