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Good post, andygrif.
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Thank you sir!
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my law lecturer taught me about the so-called "Betamax Case" which took place in the US in 1984. This precedence is still being referred to today although you have to replace Betamax by MP3  , in an attempt to argue the reasoning for having back-ups of legally owned pieces of music... |
You're absolutely right, however this applies in the US, but not the UK. I can't quite remember what the law was amended to in this country regarding TV broadcasts, I seem to remember something like you can tape something off the telly as long as you destroy it within 30 days or 90 days or something. That doesn't though apply to another other recording media - although the new EU Copyright Directive does make some extremely wooly provisions for downloads, hard-drives and back-ups.
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...oh, and the Grateful Dead have, I believe, denounced their copyright rights for their bootlegged copies.  |
Ah yes, now you've said that it does ring a bell - fair play to them as well...I was grooving to A Touch of Grey live in 1984 the other day.
