tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post4310263462494175338..comments2024-03-18T17:10:35.838+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Copyright and the ‘private copying’ exception: what’s all the fuss about?Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-40546714569932950382015-03-06T01:09:18.718+00:002015-03-06T01:09:18.718+00:00I seem to recall that writable "Audio only&qu...I seem to recall that writable "Audio only"<b> CDs</b> used to be available about 15 years ago at a considerably higher price than "Data" CDs, the uplift including a copying levy. However the "audio only" and "Data" disks were no different from each other technically, and the "audio only" Cds seem to have died a death long before downloading to IPods etc. became predominant. Perhaps that was what Anon 12.11 had in mind. Ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-30368676605175459182015-03-05T13:12:37.486+00:002015-03-05T13:12:37.486+00:00Anon 12:11,
Since when has there been a levy on b...Anon 12:11,<br /><br />Since when has there been a levy on blank video tapes in the UK?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-78883077109151709002015-03-05T13:08:14.496+00:002015-03-05T13:08:14.496+00:00Wikipedia is generally a reliable source, at least...Wikipedia is generally a reliable source, at least if you are not in court. For the reference to levies on recording machines, you might want to look here:<br /><br />http://www.servat.unibe.ch/dfr/bv031255.html#<br /><br />The law introducing levies seems to be dated 1965, or "the 1960's" as Wikipedia states.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-46218209539576450242015-03-05T12:27:09.802+00:002015-03-05T12:27:09.802+00:00Yup, Copydan is out and one can only guess which M...Yup, Copydan is out and one can only guess which MS is rejoicing at its contents.<br /><br />It seems that it is only by having the narrowest possible Article 5(2) (b) exception (with or without payement) that rightsholders can continue to license private users otherwise such acts are devoid of legal effects.See para 66. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-74377483866118082672015-03-05T12:11:25.208+00:002015-03-05T12:11:25.208+00:00Anonymous @ 11:23,
I am not convinced by your pos...Anonymous @ 11:23,<br /><br />I am not convinced by your post.<br /><br />First, to rely on Wikipedia is not the best start, and second, you overlook the fact that blank video tapes have had that levy.<br /><br />When I combine both errors, I am left with the impression that you are not being objective in this discussion, but rather you have a pre-selected viewpoint to advance, for which your exmaples don't quite measure up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-86208108215214549082015-03-05T11:23:58.215+00:002015-03-05T11:23:58.215+00:00The key point about levies, surely, is that they w...The key point about levies, surely, is that they were intended to compensate for the private copying of <i>somebody else's</i> copy of the work -- "legislators were persuaded that cassette recorders would decimate sales of records as friend after friend would then make copies of only one purchased album", as the Wikipedia article puts it, discussing the introduction of the first such levies in Germany in the 1960s.<br /><br />Time shifting, format shifting and backup copying of one's <i>own</i> legitimely accessed copy of the work is a rather different beast -- after all, we've never had a levy on blank video tape in this country, despite 40 years of time shifting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-16394421561477753812015-03-04T17:22:52.333+00:002015-03-04T17:22:52.333+00:00One has to wonder if the very well funded interest...One has to wonder if the very well funded interests of the US industries involved in copyright (think of a certain well-known rodent - enough to scare any Kat; or of the music industry) were to also be included in the deliberations mentioned in this article, what results might be forthcoming...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com