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Does this make me a criminal?
flap:
quote:However it is not illegal to loan your possessions to your friends and they have no way of keeping you from doing so. So why should it be any different before the dvd is released?
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Actually (in the UK at least) I think even lending copyrighted material is illegal.
flap:
quote:But that does not mean that they are unlimited in nature. They may be infinitely replicable, but only a limited number of people will benefit from them.
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Aside from the finite longevity of the human race/the universe, the number of people who will potentially benefit from them is theoretically infinite.
slave:
quote:Originally posted by Laukev7:
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Laukev7:
quote:Originally posted by flap:
Actually (in the UK at least) I think even lending copyrighted material is illegal.
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By the way, you may be interested to know that it is not illegal to copy movies or music by P2P in Canada (It does not apply for copying CD's, though).
Laukev7:
quote: But what about ethically? I did after all pay a ripoff prince to see the movie.
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Ethically this is legal, because you already paid to see the movie, whatever the MPAA may think. My view is that each person should pay, but only once per medium.
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