Copyright Music Question

[johnny_boy]

I have asked a similar question before, but have a different spin on it.

If someone who owns a CD gives me the CD and says use track such and such and put it to a slideshow for me, is that against copyright rules?

I don't own the music or the pictures. I merely took what they owned and assembled it for them using my software. I retain no copies. They already own all the copies.

Thanks for comments.

[reboot]

They provide the content, it's theirs. I have no trouble with that, UNLESS, they are going to sell the product for profit. In that case, it's copyright violation. There are also instances where one would use copyrighted material for a charity purpose. You would have to check with the copyright holder for the legalities on that.

[daamon]

Same kinda thing:

www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=239788

There's LOADS of discussion there..

[Noek]

I don't even think there is anything necessarily wrong with a friend buying a cd and giving it to you to burn it for your personal use anymore than it is a violation for them to buy a cd and give it to you as a gift. In both instances, they own the material and are giving it to you. I'm sure there is a fine line in there somewhere but doubtful you are ever going to go to jail over it.

I think where you run into trouble is when you begin turning a profit from doing this. This is not only a copyright violation, but ethically unsound. Just my .02

[housepig]

short answers:

legally? - yes, it's illegal.

realistically, will you get in trouble? - probably not.

is it right that copyright law is set up this way? - debatable.

[AlecWest]

short answers:

legally? - yes, it's illegal.

realistically, will you get in trouble? - probably not.

is it right that copyright law is set up this way? - debatable.

Yup, that's it in a nutshell. There are a lot of tough questions out there on copyright. One thorn in the side of the RIAA/MPAA is the proliferation of "used media" stores ... CD & DVD. There are people who, no doubt, buy a used CD or DVD, take it home, copy it, then return it to the same store where they bought it ... for credit on a new "used media" purchase ... and on and on. Used media sales have gone unchallenged for a long time and I suspect business will continue to boom for store owners.

Illegal to copy? Yup. Likelihood of getting into trouble? Nope.

[Noek]

All good points, I also think that one big bottleneck for the RIAA/MPAA is that there is a huge issue concerning encrypting media for sale and how far this can go before they walk all over our rights. We are protected as consumers with the right to back up media that we purchase from retailers. Big double edged sword here.

[housepig]

We are protected as consumers with the right to back up media that we purchase from retailers.

what country are you in?

here in the US, we enjoy no such right.