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Old 09-26-2008, 12:45 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by SteveLightspeed View Post
Countdown to GideonGallery's armchair lawyer opinion, referencing Betamax.

sorry to disappoint but i read the case law, they limited themselves to evidence of movies which were not released yet (leaked copys for review purposes only)
no purchased rights means no fair use rights

no time shifting, no back up, no recovery

and supposedly they proved he knew the content was not authorized

so no safe harbor either.

of course i mentioned it way back when mr rebel first posted this story.

if you want arm chair lawyering you can go this thread

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...6#post14812496

as i predicted the pirate bay did win the isp level block on appeal.
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