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| Thread ID: 46200 | 2004-06-16 08:22:00 | CD copying | Chris Randal (521) | Press F1 |
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| 245148 | 2004-06-25 16:06:00 | What are the legal implications of me offering CD Burning facilities at the CyberCafe where I work. ATM, We dont ask questions about what's being copied, we simply fire up Alcohol and let it do the magic, or Nero if its Data from the PC Locally..... Is this legal or is somebody goin to come in one day and try and bite us because we offer the facilities to copy a CD (Regardless of it being copyrighted or not)? Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 245149 | 2004-06-26 02:37:00 | You probably have a duty of care or similar but, I doubt you would be held accountable. For eg, is it likely a copy and binding shop is going to be prosecuted for copying a bunch of papers that a customer brings in that turn out to be copyrighted or in part copyrighted material. Can they be expected to read it to make sure it is safe to copy, are they allowed to read it (privacy). Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 245150 | 2004-06-26 06:26:00 | If I wanted to protect myself I would INSIST on seeing the original disc and CD key or serial if applicable. There is no way I would make a copy of a CD for someone which was obviously a copy to begin with. I do use CloneCD, Alcohol and Daemon to mount images so I don't have to use the CD I bought. For a fact you can use MS software and if the Media is wrecked you can get a copy. I have done this in the past. You can do it if you can do without the software for about 10 days. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 245151 | 2004-06-26 08:42:00 | > is somebody goin to come in one day > and try and bite us because we offer the facilities > to copy a CD (Regardless of it being copyrighted or > not)? No (according to my dad- teh lawyer) |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 245152 | 2004-06-26 12:11:00 | Chill - it is a matter of who does the copying. The photocopying example is salient. If you help a customer copy a protected program then you break the law. On the other hand if you simply supply the facilities, and CD burning is a feature rather than the sole purpose of the business, then I do not see a problem. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 245153 | 2004-06-26 22:44:00 | Computers don't break copyright, people break copyright. (to paraphrase the gun saying) Also, in theory a company is not able to commit an illegal act, although it does happen. IE a company cannot condone speeding in a company car, etc. Thing is, Chill, someone comes in with a DVD or CD marked "Grannies Holiday photos", what are you supposed to do - check every file on the disc? robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 245154 | 2004-06-27 02:52:00 | Thanks Robo, My point is that most of the Disc's we copy are CD-R's themselves, half with no label.... We did have a customer come in with a friend and it was bluntly obvious he was going to pirate his friends games, so we turned them away.... However, like you said, there's only so much precautions you can take.... Does anybody else have any thoughts on the matter? |
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