At 11:56 PM 4/28/03 +0100, Dave Howe wrote:
Peter Clay wrote:
There then comes the question of making money off devices that are capable of infringing copyright. This was first addressed 20 years ago in Sony vs. Universal, and the subsequent Congressional inquiry that led to the American Home Recording Act. ... and note that every blank cassette tape (and audio cdr) has a "tax" on it to offset the assumed piracy - even if it is not used for piracy...
AFAIK, not true in the US. You are from the UK, according to your address, and you haven't even freedom of speech, so its not surprising you're assumed to be guilty, and fined, without evidence. Were it true here, copyright "infringement" would be *more* than justified morally, since we'd have paid for it, under threat of violence, without even having done it. --- "What the fuck do you think you're doing" ---Madonna to Jack Valenti