Re: Re: What kind of pirate am I?
Kirk McElhearn <[email protected]>
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On Oct 15, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Mary E Tyler wrote:
>> Format shifting is
>>> allowed just as time shifting is allowed.
>>
>> Again I disagree, and would like to see the the facts about where
>> the permission for it comes from. I should have asked Brenna the
>> same thing.
>>
>
> This is a really old decision here in the US. It may not be so in the
> UK, but I believe that format shifting comes from the old betamax
> decision. It's been the law of the land for most of my lifetime. IIRC,
> format shifting was affirmed within the last decade or so.
>
>> Personal uses have far more
>>> leeway than commercial, especially when they are truly personal. Yes,
>>> I CAN rip my tapes/CDs to MP3s and OCR my books to ebook.
>>
>> I am not discussing non-book publishing, but please again what is
>> the actual nature of the permission to OCR?
>
> I don't believe that it has been litigated, but I would think that
> it's format shifting: paper to ebook. A lot of things never get
> litigated b/c people think they cannot win.
Time shifting has _nothing_ to do with format shifting. Cracking an ebook is currently, in the US, a violation of the DMCA. The Library of Congress has made limited exceptions for this, but which do not cover individuals.
Kirk
*Author of Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ*
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