Music question
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Fri Dec 7 14:16:08 UTC 2007
Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 16:19 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> That may be "common", but I'd be really, really, surprised if you
>> could find a German lawyer to make that interpretation - it makes a
>> mockery of the entire Bern Convention.
>
> I meant "common" not in the sense of "common idiot", but "generally
> agreed upon".
I understood that.
> It's easy to find references, though only in German. It's
> not the only country to have that either.
And have you actually found a _legal_ opinion? I think not.
>
>> In any case, (a) I said "if they're illegal"
>
> Not really, I don't think so :) You said, "?if they're illegal copies of
> entire CDs, cddb/freedb should work", which certainly implies that any
> copy is illegal. Because cddb/freedb also work for legal copies.
You're right, of course. I realized after posting my response that I really
should have mentioned that they work for legal copies - except that it
isn't actually relevant to the case in point, as they were either legal
copies of original music or illegal copies of copyrighted music.
>
> Of course I didn't accuse you. I just reminded you.
You said "Don't spread the MPAA propaganda." That's an accusation, and not
one that I appreciate or accept. There is much MPAA propaganda - but there
are still artists and rights-holders rights.
--
derek
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