MYTH, sme thing with roms, 24 hour thing is just cr they pulled out of there butt to get you to download them.
Not a myth, there are international restriction on how long you can hold distributed media for without paying a licence. For example if you record from TV, or radio. Then technically, and i do mean technically you have to destroy your copy within a set time period.
it cant possibly be illegal. the library would have taken the cd's away or not let them be checked out. They HAVE to know they people are capable of ripping the songs off the cd. they aren’t retarded. unless they don’t know wat a computer is, im sure they know wat ur capable of doin when u bring the cd home.
Look lets be under no delusions here, it is illegal. You can attempt to justify it as much as you like, but you are breaking copyrights by making a copy for permanent use without paying the copyright fee. Illegal fact.
Now let’s distinguish between what is against the law and what is actually enforced. For most purposes you are unlikely to be caught if you keep your copies to yourself, and your crime is (whilst punishable by a strong maximum sentence) is a relatively petty one and the courts will see it that way. However if you are distributing that copy material to others then your crime becomes somewhat worse, as does your punishment. It’s a simple fact that if there were no buyer there would be no thieves; and using this ethos authorities target the sharer rather than the users.
I am not condoning owning illegal copyright goods, such acts stifle creativity and slow technological progress. I am trying to make to distinction that you all fail to see (except Trizoy)
And on a final note, of course they know that you are able to make copies if you want. That doesn't mean they should stop leaning them. If everyone who knew there material could be copied illegally then there would be no video, game rental, no cinemas, no TV, no radio.
Okay, so playing devil's advocate, what makes this any different than going to the library, checking out a book and then bringing the book home and photocopying a chapter or two to read any time you want after returning the book?
No difference at all, that would be illegal as well, without written permission from the author/copyright owner. Even if you own the book it would require permission or citation. And again yes i am aware that 000's of student do this everyday. It would be nice to think of a world where this was more of an issue than it is, but the fact is that people don’t read much these days.
What makes ti differnt? 1.Thats part f it, not all of it and 2. The Laws are different.
Technically the size of the copy doesn’t matter, but again in reality the court will see it more leniently. But the laws in principle are the say; statute may enforce them differently however.
