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Originally Posted by evil nickname
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Changing copyright law is complex because of all kinds of international treaties and the like. National legislators cannot simply say, "hey, this Intelectual Property-law needs updating. Let's do it."
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Agree with you there!
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Originally Posted by evil nickname
Also, the reality of what's going on with people downloading versus the philosphical way you think it ought to be and how to come to a new way of doing things in a way that benefits all parties: that's not going to be easy. At all.
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Agreed again. However in both cases you are talking about changes in the future, not the current situation.
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Originally Posted by evil nickname
Remember, in The Netherlands it's legal to copy copyrighted works for private practice, study and use. So in my case, there is no "illegal downloading".
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I take it you are referring to the Copyright Act 1912 as amended, conveniently ignoring the bit in bold?
"Article 16b. — It shall not be deemed to be an infringement of the copyright in a literary, scientific or
artistic work to reproduce it in a limited number of copies for the sole purpose of the personal practice,
study or use of the person who makes the copies or orders the copies to be made exclusively for himself.
Where the work is one of those referred to in Article 10, first paragraph, under (i), including the score
or parts of a musical work, the reproduction shall furthermore be confined to a small portion of the work,
except in the case of:
(a) works of which, in all probability, no new copies are made available to third parties for
payment of any kind;
(b) short articles, news items or other texts which have appeared in a daily or weekly newspaper or
weekly or other periodical.
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In other words, you cannot download a whole song or album UNLESS it is no longer commercially available and is not likely to be again in future.