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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober
Well, its exactly the same thing.
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It is by no means the same thing.
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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober
Say I have a lump of rock in my front garden. I take a chisel and sculpt a lovely statue with my bare hands,. Or alternatively, I pay a professional sculptor to come round, have him use his chisel to create a wonderful sculpture, and I pay him £100,000.00 - Either way, its MY sculpture, in MY yard, for ME to look at through my windows...
Well, I cant stop people passing by from looking at it as well over my garden wall, if they choose to do so, can I?
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Your sculture is a physical piece of work while movies are digital works, quite different things to compare. People looking at your sculpture are looking at the original physical work, not a copy of that original work. Also, in this case, you are the author of that work while in case of bought DVDs, you are not the author (or copyright holder), you are the end user who has bought a personal licence to use that work = to watch the movie.
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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober
A 'tube' is simply a free, suitable and appropriate place, where he can store his backup and look at it whenever he so chooses. If he tried to use a different form of backup, he may not be able to do so, due to it being porn. He can hardly use youtube can he?
I'd suggest he used a DVD disc personally, but then who even uses DVDs anymore?
Hence why a porn tube is the ideal, and legal storage solution.
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No, a tube site is a public video sharing service accessible to everyone, so unless you mean private uploads, it is illegal. I believe he means public uploads, not private ones.
Making a backup copy means creating a copy of a copyrighted work for your own private use. If you make that work accessible to other people, you are not creating a backup for your own use, you are creating a publicly accessible copy without having a licence allowing it, which is copyright infringement.
If this was legal, then every single thief on tubes could excuse his actions with this very same argument, that he only makes backup copies for his own use.
Only the author / copyright owner has the right to decide who and how can disseminate his work.