Asking for a recording: "illegal"??
11-30-03 | 11:37 AM
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Asking for a recording: "illegal"??
Hey all,
Just wondering something...
There's a show airing in Canada (one shot deal) and I was wondering if asking our fellow Canadian DVD talkers for a favor is illegal on the board.
Can anyone shed some light?
Just wondering something...
There's a show airing in Canada (one shot deal) and I was wondering if asking our fellow Canadian DVD talkers for a favor is illegal on the board.
Can anyone shed some light?
11-30-03 | 12:53 PM
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If the person providing the copy is not making a profit off of providing it to you, I believe it is legal. For example, if you pay them just for the cost of the tape and shipping, it should be fine. If you give them a couple extra bucks for their effort, I believe that would make it illegal.
11-30-03 | 02:14 PM
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In the US, at least, I believe that it is NOT legal to make a recording and then give it to someone else. I believe that recordings are supposed to be made only for personal use in time-shifting.
11-30-03 | 02:20 PM
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It falls under distribution of a copyrighted material. it's a bit gray really. on a legal stand point time shifting has to be done for yourself in that sense.
11-30-03 | 02:36 PM
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I wasn't talking about the legalities in the US.
More talking about...ummm...how "legal" it was to ask a fellow DVDtalker to do a favor for you. aka posting about it.
More talking about...ummm...how "legal" it was to ask a fellow DVDtalker to do a favor for you. aka posting about it.
11-30-03 | 03:15 PM
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Originally posted by digitalfreaknyc
I wasn't talking about the legalities in the US.
More talking about...ummm...how "legal" it was to ask a fellow DVDtalker to do a favor for you. aka posting about it.
I wasn't talking about the legalities in the US.
More talking about...ummm...how "legal" it was to ask a fellow DVDtalker to do a favor for you. aka posting about it.
