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mattyboy · 02-25-2005, 04:32 AM

DVD swapping and rental
Surely they would need a licence for some of those studios in order to "rent" them out??

European Lee · 02-25-2005, 04:35 AM

No.

Go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200

Regards,

Lee

KorayIsSexy · 02-25-2005, 04:37 AM

It is as long as they keep up the front that the membership fees are for the shipping and handleing fees.

Its as illegal as trading porn DVDs with a friend on a lonely saturday night. They arent making money on it, or so they say. So technically it is perfectly legal.

European Lee · 02-25-2005, 04:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KorayIsSexy

It is as long as they keep up the front that the membership fees are for the shipping and handleing fees.

Its as illegal as trading porn DVDs with a friend on a lonely saturday night. They arent making money on it, or so they say. So techinically it is perfectly legal.

Oh shit, i bet Napster wished they knew that prior to closing down

Regards,

Lee

mattyboy · 02-25-2005, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KorayIsSexy

It is as long as they keep up the front that the membership fees are for the shipping and handleing fees.

Its as illegal as trading porn DVDs with a friend on a lonely saturday night. They arent making money on it, or so they say. So technically it is perfectly legal.

So i could charge surfers a yearly fee for joining and postage for each title i send out by buying a private copy of each DVD that is licenced for "private use only?"

KorayIsSexy · 02-25-2005, 04:50 AM

It doesnt work as p2p. The difference is that each DVD was paid for by the membersAnd traded amongst themselves. Wereas with p2p it was the trade of unpaid for stuff amongst users.

Get what I'm saying? I havent gone into this with great detail, but Im pretty sure that its just a swapping service. The swapping company isnt providing the content, just brokering the swaps.

European Lee · 02-25-2005, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KorayIsSexy

It doesnt work as p2p. The difference is that each DVD was paid for by the membersAnd traded amongst themselves. Wereas with p2p it was the trade of unpaid for stuff amongst users.

Get what I'm saying? I havent gone into this with great detail, but Im pretty sure that its just a swapping service. The swapping company isnt providing the content, just brokering the swaps.

You havent read a copyright notice on a video / dvd trailer have you?

You might want to and actually pay attention to the small print ;)

Regards,

Lee

KorayIsSexy · 02-25-2005, 05:11 AM

On the contrary, I am quite familiar with copyright law. But I am always interested in learning more. So I have looked around copyright.gov for the last 10 minutes or so, and havent found anything that says this is illegal, barring resale. Which to my knowledge this site doesnt do.

I am not saying you're wrong at all. But is there anything you can link me to to prove that you aren't? Just interested is all.

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02-25-2005, 04:37 AM	#3
KorayIsSexy So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 146	It is as long as they keep up the front that the membership fees are for the shipping and handleing fees. Its as illegal as trading porn DVDs with a friend on a lonely saturday night. They arent making money on it, or so they say. So technically it is perfectly legal.

02-25-2005, 04:50 AM	#6
KorayIsSexy So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 146	It doesnt work as p2p. The difference is that each DVD was paid for by the membersAnd traded amongst themselves. Wereas with p2p it was the trade of unpaid for stuff amongst users. Get what I'm saying? I havent gone into this with great detail, but Im pretty sure that its just a swapping service. The swapping company isnt providing the content, just brokering the swaps.

02-25-2005, 05:11 AM	#8
KorayIsSexy So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 146	On the contrary, I am quite familiar with copyright law. But I am always interested in learning more. So I have looked around copyright.gov for the last 10 minutes or so, and havent found anything that says this is illegal, barring resale. Which to my knowledge this site doesnt do. I am not saying you're wrong at all. But is there anything you can link me to to prove that you aren't? Just interested is all.