Re: [dvd-discuss] Felten Opp to DoJ Motion to Dismiss

[Noah silva <nsilva(at)atari-source.com>]

On 31 Oct 2001, Ian Goldberg wrote:

> What about a different kind of "space shifting"?  It didn't occur to me
> that this was an issue until I started researching stuff for my
> submission to the Canadian copyright reform process.
> 
> The issue is space-shifting in the sense of moving a work from one
> market to another.  This is basically what ICraveTV was doing
> (rebroadcasting Toronto stations to other placed over the Internet; I
> could watch CityTV (a fantastic local Toronto station) from Montreal!).
> The networks shut them (a Canadian company) down (under US law, go
> ...

I am not disagreeing that they should perhaps be allowed to do this, but I
think it is a big difference when something is done for private use.  They
could argue that they have the right to limit distribution to where they
see fit.  

 -- noah silva