[Free-sklyarov-uk] Corrupt CD's - Time for another protest/leafleting session?

Alistair Davidson lord_inh at yahoo.co.uk
Fri, 07 Dec 2001 20:43:02 +0000


Jason Clifford wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Alistair Davidson wrote:
> 
> 
>>Not entirely. Sampling for use by DJs is one example. Another is the 
>>replication of works whose copyright has lapsed due to time.
>>
> 
> DJ's and other re-users of copyright material have to pay to use it.


I didn't know that.


> As to works that have passed the lapse time they are irrelevant. There is 
> no copyright on them.

Precisely! So I should be able to copy them... but if a work I own has lapsed 
copyright, I can't copy it if it has "content protection".

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