(313) Recording your records - legal question?

2005-06-27 Thread ha
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

Re: (313) Recording your records - legal question?

2005-06-27 Thread robin
people only started worrying about this stuff after they staged that italian dj gets caught playing pirated mp3s story (yeah i'm deeply cynical...sorry) so technically if they ever did come after you i guess you'd have to show em the vinyl and/or the receipts. i think the law in this

Re: (313) Recording your records - legal question?

2005-06-27 Thread Richard Cranston
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

Re: (313) Recording your records - legal question?

2005-06-27 Thread theREALmxyzptlk
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

Re: (313) Recording your records - legal question?

2005-06-27 Thread Edward George
On 6/27/05, theREALmxyzptlk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what if i have sold/lost/broken the record in question in the meantime. will i have to produce some sort of proof / documentation What about if said record isn't commercially available and hasn't been for a long time? That was an

Re: (313) Recording your records - legal question?

2005-06-27 Thread ha
thanks for your input jeff, robin, rc.. so i'll have to check the laws of the individual countries.. not that i expect a raid anyway..