MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-02-26 |
| FROM | vin
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Congressman Weiner exposes true goals on fair use
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Has the Sony-Betamax case been reversed?
http://news.com.com/2100-1028-986143.html?tag=fd_top
Under a 1997 law called the No Electronic Theft Act (NET Act), it is a federal
crime to willfully share copies of copyrighted products such as software,
movies or music with anyone if the value of the work exceeds $1,000 or if the
person hopes to receive files in return. Violations are punishable by one
year in prison, or if the value tops $2,500, "not more than five years" in
prison.
>So I can make copies of television programs on videotape,
>or copies of music from LP records (remember them?) onto
>cassette tapes (anyone remember 8-track?), and drive them
>to my brother's house, and I'm OK according to the Sony
>Betamax decision, yet if I own the entire collection of
>Led Zeppelin LP records, but can't figure out the fstab
>settings to get my damn CD-burner to work, I can't download
>the same tracks that I already own on LP records from my
>brother's computer using a p2p file sharing program?
>This makes me a criminal?
>Is this really where Congressman Weiner stands?
On Wednesday, members of the committee expressed frustration that no criminal
prosecutions had taken place yet and universities have not been sufficiently
aggressive. "We are reaching the end of our ropes. There is a consensus that
has emerged," said Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y. "Virtual unanimity should be a
message to those testifying today that we are reaching a point at a
bipartisan level that we want to stop this illegal activity."
Vin.
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