Re: Stallman Admits to Copyright Infringement
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Christoph Baumann wrote:
) On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 02:30:40AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
) >
) > Meaning that if you trade in illegal mp3s, don't come crying when the
) > Copyright holders sue. Thye have every right to sue under current laws,
) > and violating them in the name of civil disobedience won't get you squat
) > if they go after you for it.
)
) But RMSs statement was that he borrows CDs, tapes etc. to his friends,
) neighbours etc. . This is perfectly legal here in Germany. As long as you
) don't trade in a commercial way or put your mp3 files on a public server.
It's legal pretty much everywhere. Non-commercial redistribution is
covered under fair use in the various international copyright treaties. Of
course, with Napster causing such a fuss, the various companies are
probably going to buy^H^H^Hlobby for a bunch of new laws to beat the rest
of us into submission.
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