Clinton signs draconian antipiracy law, from the Netly News

[Robert A. Costner]

At 02:46 PM 12/18/97 -0700, Tim May wrote:
>"§ 1008. Prohibition on certain infringement actions
>
>"No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement 
>...based on the
>noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making
>digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings. "
...
>The HRA places no limits on the numbers of such tapings. All that matters
>is that he is not selling or renting them out.

The N.E.T. Act redefines commercial gain to include if you exchange copies
of recordings with people.  Presumably if you and I were to trade CD's we
might be  engaged in commercial gain.  If we trade copies we definitely
appear to be financially gaining under the act's new definition.




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