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jamesgibbon

Re: Copyright infringement

Andy wrote:

> <<I am SICK of the belly aching about Copyright
> infringement on the NET. I have ordered the full UFO
> DVD Series BECAUSE of the Fan sites on the Net that
> let me know about the DVD Series in the first place!>>
>
> Hear hear ! (I would have copied the whole post, but the list has
> rules about that :^ ).
>
> More people will have been motivated to buy 'U.F.O.' DVDs from the
> fan websites and discussion groups than Carlton's 'official' web
> site; I hate its time-consuming and off-putting flash intro, and
> that it has yet to put up any info on the second DVD box set,
> despite the magazine ads promising the site provides 'the latest
> facts.'
>

Guys - please remember that the post that kicked off the latest
round of copyright conversations was in response to a particular
instance which I have to admit _was_ thoughtless, and was not
aimed at the use of the internet as a resource for fans in
general.

Thanks,
James

doorstop100

Re: Copyright infringement

In reply to this post by harada357

--- In SHADO@y..., harada357@a... wrote:
> I am SICK of the belly aching about Copyright infringement on
the NET. <

Well, I'm very sorry about that, but it doesn't alter the fact that
if you do not own the copyright in the material you are republishing
or do not have a licence from the copyright holder, then you are
breaking the law!

Just because you personally do not agree with a law, it does not
mean that it's OK for you to break it, does it?

Personally, I find it very frustrating when I find material that my
colleagues and myself have sweated over for commercial release
suddenly available freely over the net.

Mp3s are a really good example here. We spend an enormous amount of
time and money preparing the BBC CD releases of the Doctor Who
Missing Adventures... which are then made available as mp3 rips all
over the net. It's not like these are 'low-quality', in fact because
of the content, the mp3's are probably as near as dammit
indistinguishable from the original CDs.

I'm sure that most companies do see fan websites as a good thing and
undoubtedly they generate interest in their products... But when you
can download something for free in the same quality as the
commercial release, what's the incentive to buy it?

Anyway, enough of this legal rubbish, I'm off to Canada for two
weeks! : ) Bye!

Steve