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Re: [dvd-discuss] Slightly OT - Japanese copyrights



I agree patches or "diffs" should be legal - but they must not contain any
copyrighted material from the original themselves.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Noah silva" <nsilva@atari-source.com>
To: <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Slightly OT - Japanese copyrights


> I agree, I don't even think it would be a material change, but the wording
> would be more clear, so as to stop some suites before they start
>
> Or you could distribute patches like I suggested.  This is difficult to do
> with analog media though.
>
>  -- noah silva
>
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Ernest Miller wrote:
>
> > Space shifting is generally legal and if you subtitled a movie that you
used
> > yourself you probably would be fine.  However, distribute that movie and
you
> > will get in trouble (having violated both copying and distribution
rights).
> >
> > This, of course, is what does not make sense to me.  Copying is legal
for
> > personal use (mostly) but not if you distribute it.  Why not get rid of
> > copying as a violation at all?  Why not just have public distribution be
the
> > crime?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ballowe, Charles" <CBallowe@usg.com>
> > To: <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 11:50 AM
> > Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Slightly OT - Japanese copyrights
> >
> >
> > > I thought space shifting was legal under fair use - or is doing so
only
> > > legal if you do it yourself and not as a service to someone else?
> > >
> > > Where I can see some problems coming up is in laws that guarantee that
> > > works of art viewed in the manner that the artist originally intended.
> > > (I seem to remember a discussion of a law in Florida, I think, on this
> > > list sometime last spring maybe)
> > >
> > > -Charlie
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ernest Miller [mailto:ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:44 AM
> > > > To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> > > > Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Slightly OT - Japanese copyrights
> > > >
> > > > The subtitles would be a derivative work and illegal.  Copyright law
> > > > prohibits copying.  If you make a copy and destroy the
> > > > original, you still
> > > > have violated copyright law.  I agree that this makes no
> > > > sense, which is why
> > > > I advocate eliminating the "right to copy" as part of copyright law.
> > > >
> >
> >