Re: Archiving old magazines on website

["John Burns" <joobs@grizo.free-onlineNOJUNK.co.uk>]

On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 20:59:43 GMT, Charles Richmond wrote:

> John Burns wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 03:56:14 GMT, Charles Richmond wrote:
> > 
> > > Jeff Blakeney wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:09:32 +0800, Bateau <Gamera@work.stomping.aza>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Except if they don't send you a C&D they will get thrown out of court.
> > > > >Stop living in the 80s dumbass.
> > > >
> > > > Well, you might want to check into copyright law again. It is now a
> > > > criminal offense in the United States and the copyright holder does
> > > > not even need to be involved for action to be taken which can result
> > > > in a fine and/or jail time last I looked.

Sorry missed this originally

US law isn't my thing (I'm in UK) but I've always understood it was the same in
this respect. Are you by any chance referring to other laws (soon to be enacted
in UK also) which allow criminal proceeding against those who download - if so
then these are not copyright laws. The proposals for the UK will mean that those
caught with illegal downloads (mp3s etc.) can have their bank accounts frozen
and assets siezed (house and contents etc.) - again related to copyright theft
but not a copyright law in itself. Either way it's pretty harsh if you get
caught.

[snip]

> The emphasis I wanted to place...was that breaking copyright laws is
> becoming simpler every day. With the internet, CD burners, DVD burners,
> computers, digital cameras, et al, ISTM that holding the line on "copyright
> theft" is getting very difficult. 

Quite understand and there is also the mentality which says since nothing
physically is taken from you then nothing is actually stolen.