It depends on the laws of Austria as to whether you can even make a
back up copy.
Down here in Oz its not technically legal to make copies of
legitimately purchased sound recordings/musical works onto other
mediums (what's known as space or format shifting) and it is also an
infringement of copyright to eg. copy a tv show onto a video cassette
or hard drive so that one can watch it later (what's known as time
shifting)
The government is reviewing this at the moment.
In the States however, these types of "fair uses" are legitimate.
There has never been an action brought by a copyright owner against a
domestic/private infringement of copyright in Australia. I dare say it
would be the same situation worldwide.
To your question - if push came to shove; firstly you would need to
establish that Austrian law did in fact enable you to make "fair use"
copies of legitimately purchased copyright material and then, if you
had lost the original piece of music you would need to provide evidence
that you did indeed once own it.
On 27/06/2005, at 7:45 PM, ha wrote:
so i'm allowed to make copies for my own use of copyrighted records i
own/bought.
in case i will be found playing files off of my computer / CD-Rs i
will have to proof that i own the original record and everything will
be fine
what if i have sold/lost/broken the record in question in the
meantime. will i have to produce some sort of proof / documentation
that i once owned it, or is it illegal altogether to own a
self-fabricated copy of some copyrighted work if one is not in
posession of the original *anymore*.
anyone know?
armin
