Posted by Drewman at 141.209.171.122 on December 21, 2000 at 00:57:48:
In Reply to: Don't Assume I am a Sir, Sir posted by Duffless on December 21, 2000 at 00:23:47:
: You may be correct I will check on that again, however, I don't believe that one must own the original material if it is for private use...Music videos are not public domain, however it is not illegal to tape a video off of VH1 and watch it again for personal use
This is legal because it's assumed that it is something you would watch anyways and that by taping it you are just 'time shifting' the material to a time when you are available to view it.
'Time Shifting' is only legal when it comes to broadcast programming. Its legal to tape 'Clerks' off of your TV, but it's illegal to borrow a friends' tape of Clerks and dub it. It's fucked up, yeah, but thats how it goes.
Drew