Re: [ARSCLIST] Copyright Alert

[Robert Hodge <rjhodge@xxxxxxx>]

YEAH !!!!!!!! 5 Stars !!!!!

R.H.

>>> smolians@xxxxxxxxx 11/23/2004 10:07:54 AM >>>
Given most of today's films, sentence him to sitting through it 15
times
over two days.  Sandwiches and soft drinks but absolutely no popcorn.

Steve Smolian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Hodge" <rjhodge@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Copyright Alert


> At minimum , the recording device should be permanently confiscated
as
> that would dissuade all but the most rabid infringer considering the
> cost.. In addition to paying for ALL of the court costs !!
>
> R. Hodge
>
>>>> Mwcpc6@xxxxxxx 11/22/2004 8:24:04 PM >>>
> In a message dated 11/22/2004 2:08:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> msbailey@xxxxxxx writes:
> Well, it's just my personal opinion, but I think sending someone to
> federal prison for videotaping a movie in a theater is a little
harsh.
>
> Matt
> *********
>
> It should depend entirely on what they do with it.
>
> We are reaching the point where a recording device can be concealed
in
> almost
> anything and many people, especially the young, feel compelled to
keep
> a log
> of everything they do. I remember that made extensive use of cameras
> and tape
> recorders fifty years ago, in many places where they are banned now.
> They were
> never used to take income away from anyone; they made money for the
> people
> who made the equipment and media I used.
>
> Much of that material still exists and could be used to document
part
> of the
> way we were, a half century ago.  I doubt that much of it would be
of
> commercial value, but I also don't see how making it available would
> hurt any of the
> people who were involved in creating it two generations ago.
>
> Of course to the extent that there are genuine ownership issues with
> the
> commercial content of the original material, distribution should be
> controlled.
> However the outright banning of the making such recordings in the
first
> place
> seems to me unnecessary, impractical, and an undesirable restriction
> on
> documentation of our culture.
>
> Mike Csontos
>