[LINK] A Definition Of Piracy In The Digital Age

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> Lea de Groot wrote:
>> On 06/02/2009, at 1:14 PM, Chris Gilbey wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> But the big question is what constitutes piracy now in the digital  
>>> content
>>> space?
>>>     
>> Piracy is simply a breech of the defined Terms of Use of the content  
>> in question.
>> No one ever said we couldn't pass old paperbacks around, so that isn't  
>> piracy.
>>   
> More to it than that ... regards "old paperbacks", there is a right (for
> example) to re-sell a book. That is, it's not just that the publishers
> never thought to prevent resale, but that an active and defined right is
> in legislation.
<snip>

Not quite - you can't photocopy the paperback, CD, LP, Cassette....

There are also performance rights in regard to plays and I guess music.

Then there is reuse (actors striked about this) and fair use for "education". 
For example:

> All viewing within the Louis B. Mayer Study Center must be course-related in accordance with U.S. Copyright Law governing public exhibition.
<http://www.usc.edu/libraries/locations/cinema_tv/>

And last but not least don't forget pirate radio.

Marghanita
-- 
Marghanita da Cruz
http://www.ramin.com.au
Phone: (+61)0414 869202