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

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

I thought this was only in canada.  (Also, honestly, I buy mode of my MDs
in japan because they are much cheaper there...  a large percentage of my
music was purchased there as well).

btw: did you know that they ENCOURAGE you to copy music to MD there?  

probably because Sony, etc. make the MD players and make money that way
too.

 -- noah silva 

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Harry Eaton wrote:

> >yes but saynig it that way, giving free copies to your friends is also
> >legal.  Currently that's not legal, and people kow that (and I can't
> >really argue that it should be, because that is a bit unfair from the
> >companies point of view.  Plus, everyone is a friend of someone).
> 
> Actually, for the example of the MD copy, it is entirely legal and
> legitimate to give free copies to your friend. MDs implement the
> serial copy control technology, and the blank media is subject to
> a statutory royalty, so you are free to make all the first generation
> copies for non-commercial use as you like. Give them to everybody
> you know. The language of the AHRA specifically permits this.
> 
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