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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS">It is
probably just "fair use" under US copyright law. But that is open to
interpretation - and the rights owners devise cerative interpretations in
their interest. It helps to make people nervous.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS">Should
we be glad to have "closed" exception systems in Europe? They do provide more
legal certainty. But they lack flexibility.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT color=#0000ff
face="Comic Sans MS">Remarkably, the TRIPS agreement (to be obeyed by all 160+
World Trade Organisation member states) allows copyright exceptions if the
requirements of a "three step test"are met: "Members shall confine limitations
or exceptions to exclusive rights to certain special cases which do not
conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably
prejudice the legitimate interests of the right holder." (art. 13) The bad
news is that this is utterly vague, and legislators implementing national laws
compliant with TRIPS naturally prefer to stay on the safe
side. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT color=#0000ff
face="Comic Sans MS">reinier</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=nicco77@gmail.com href="mailto:nicco77@gmail.com">Nicolas
Sahlqvist</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net
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International -- General Talk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 05, 2009 1:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pp.int.general] Woman
Filming Sister's Birthday Party GetsCharged With Felony Movie Piracy</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>It is ridiculous, they are trying to use a anti-piracy law to
the letter again, 4 minutes could probably be argued under fair use and it is
obvious from the clips that she did not intend to record the movie according
to the article.
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<DIV>- Nicolas</DIV>
<DIV> PPI / PPSE member</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Marco Confalonieri
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:marco.confalonieri@email.it">marco.confalonieri@email.it</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><A href="mailto:juca@members.fsf.org"
target=_blank>juca@members.fsf.org</A> ha scritto:
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<H3><SPAN><A
href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/12/04/1918206/Woman-Filming-Sisters-Birthday-Party-Gets-Charged-With-Felony-Movie-Piracy"
target=_blank>Woman Filming Sister's Birthday Party Gets Charged With
Felony Movie Piracy</A> <SPAN>on Friday December 04, @04:55PM</SPAN>
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<DIV><SMALL>Posted by <A href="http://slashdot.org/%7EScuttleMonkey/"
rel=nofollow target=_blank>ScuttleMonkey</A> <SPAN>on Friday December 04,
@04:55PM</SPAN> <BR>from the ignorance-knows-no-bounds dept.
</SMALL></DIV>
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<DIV><A style="MIN-HEIGHT: 70px; WIDTH: 63px; DISPLAY: block"
href="http://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=movies"
target=_blank>movies</A></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>They are trying at
the maximum of their possibilities to show the world how much stupid is the
anti-piracy crusade.<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>
<DIV>-- <BR>Marco Confalonieri<BR>ass.prom.soc. Partito Pirata (PP
Italy)<BR><A href="http://www.partito-pirata.it"
target=_blank>http://www.partito-pirata.it</A>
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