OK, so I buy your CD, then back it up to my music server (I do have the right to create a backup, correct?). I put the CD in storage. It remains there for some time, then some accident occurs, and the CD breaks. What, should I go out and purchase a new copy of the CD, deleting the backup until such time as I've got a new copy? I still have the (admittedly damaged) CD to prove that I bought and own it...
So what? His citizenship is irrelevant to the situation. They might be able to do in that case is revoke his Australian citizenship if they wanted to be petty, but that's about all they can do. His website is hosted in the US, and so is subject to US law, NOT Australian law.
That's the point, Australia has NO jurisdiction over websites that are not hosted IN Australia - no country has such jurisdiction.
Agreed. This was my thinking too when I first saw the strip.
Artist's true vision?! Most music these days is mastered and compressed to hell, removing all the dynamic range that SHOULD be there, usually against the artist's wishes... At least with a live concert, while it's not "perfected", it's sure to be more true to the artist's vision.
But did they find a copy of "Marley & Me" at degree #5? That's the smokin' gun I'm looking for...
Simple solution - if it's copyrighted material and you don't want people infringing via so called hotlinking, then take a little extra time and setup some security on your site that disallows this kind of thing.
If you can't be bothered to go that little extra to protect your content the way you want it to be protected, get over it.
Unfortunately politicians in my part of the world (Aus) aren't known for being particularly bright. Did you also know that there's plenty of research that "proves" video games are harmful...
Re: Re: Re: But you just said that it's okay for you to give away the Beatles' music, because you're not charging for it. So why can't I do that with your copyrighted material?
Better pull up your socks, you hypocrisy is showing...