I'm certainly no expert on copyright law, but I'm not so sure there would be
any piracy involved here. Consider these hypothetical situations:
I have HBO; my next-door neighbor, Andrew, doesn't, so I invite him over on
Sunday nights to sit with me, drink beer and watch Deadwood. No piracy here.
One Sunday night Andrew can't make it, so on Monday night I invite him over to
watch the tape I legally made for my own use of Sunday's Deadwood episode. No
piracy here, is there?
But suppose I've got other plans Monday evening, and instead of inviting Andrew
over to watch the tape of Sunday's Deadwood episode, I let him borrow it to
watch in his own home. Any piracy here?
Now, just because Andrew is not next door but is 12,473.5 miles away, if I send
him, without charge, a tape of last Sunday's Deadwood episode, does that amount
to piracy?
I think I would have to make him pay for it, whether he's 100 feet or 12,473.5
miles away, in order for it to be illegal. Of course, I'm sure some
entertainment industry lawyer could make it sound like I'm Al Capone and John
Dillinger all rolled into one and single-handedly responsible for unemployed
actors starving on the street corners of Beverly Hills. Been there; heard that
kind of lawyerly crap.
Besides, with our over-regulated, over-lawyered society, it's all but
impossible to get through a day without committing at least a couple of
so-called crimes. I know I do, and I usually enjoy each and every illegal act
immensely. :-)
Walt, still fighting the losing battle for freedom
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> and don't forget the piracy laws.
>
> John Hermanson
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:00 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] NOW: Westerns......
>
>
> > But I've got the entire second season of Deadwood on S-VHS, so why don't I
> > the just burn a half dozen DVDs and then ship them off to -- oh, hell,
> > that's right. I forgot. Not only are we people separated by a common
> > language, but there's that pesky NTSB and PAL incompatability thing.
> >
> > So, since you're still waiting and in the dark, I won't reveal anything
> > about Alma and Elsworth, Seth and Martha, Tom and his bicycle, Woo and
> > Lee, Wolcott and the whores, Al and the stones, Trixie and the numbers,
> > Joanie's new enterprise, Martha Jane Canarray's return, Cy's alliance with
> > Wolcott, the Montana ruse, or any of the other interesting goings-on in
> > the second season, which was at least the equal of the first, except
> > perhaps less in total body count and more of the F word, which I can't get
> > through a day without myself.
> >
> > Walt, sorry I can't be of much help, PAL :-)
> >
> > --
> > "Anything more than 500 yards from
> > the car just isn't photogenic." --
> > Edward Weston
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> There is no way that it is ever going free to air! I am amazed that
> >> such a program can be made in the US, having endured years of murkin
> >> 'modified for TV' versions that reflect the lowest mid-west tolerance
> >> for language and horizontal folk-dancing - far below European and Oz
> >> acceptable limits and, I suspect, that of most urbane Americans.
> >> Never seemed to be a problem with the violence but.
> >> More power to you all and keep it coming but could you kindly refrain
> >> from mentioning details - the second series hasn't been aired here yet!
> >> Andrewf
> >> (foul-mouthed and 'king proud of it!)
>
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