Re: No longer free to write your own software either

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

You are, of course correct re "copying for private use" of copyrighted music
recordings which is permitted by the Canadian Copyright Act.  Interestingly
enough, however, the Canadian Act provides this right in conjunction with a
right for "eligible authors, eligible performers and eligible makers. . . to
receive remuneration from manufacturers and importers of blank audio
recording media."  There is also a tax on blank audio recording media.  So
someone does *pay* for this right.
*
In the US, *some* home copying of copyrighted recordings is probably fair
use.

I was not really thinking about music (or Canadian law for that matter) when
I responded to Marsha, whose examples of a "personal use" exemption (a
non-existent term under both US and Canadian law) were applied to a literary
work by a U.S. author and a computer program by a U.S. corporation.

Finally, I don't believe that audio cassettes would be covered even under
Canadian law unless the cassette contained recorded music (e.g., no private
copying of Books On Tape).



"Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <byron@asimov.ab.hsia.telus.net> wrote in
message news:ojiv5.1141$ud.521312@news0.telusplanet.net...
> Frank Townsend <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote:
> > Nope.
>
> > There is no such thing as a copyright "personal use" exemption.
>
> According to Canadian copyright law (at least Industry Canada's
interpretation:
> http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/cp_guide-e.html) there are
"personal
> use" exemptions.  Also refer to: http://www.cpcc.ca/.  It should be noted
that
> none of these exemptions apply to software, but they do exist.  These
privileges
> exist just as much as our privilege to make backup copies of our software
(even
> though the software industry denies us that privilege through licensing
> "agreements").
>
> Americans should also note that the information at CPCC relates to a
rather
> controversial law which does allow Canadians to "pirate" (certain?) music
CDs
> and audio cassettes for personal use (yes, outright copying which is above
the
> law).
>
> Again, this does not apply to computer software, but it does outline
exceptions
> to the rules.