iPods in Australia
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- SF0
but there is no piracy involved in ripping your own cd's to your ipod. Does this mean its also illegal to make compilation cd's from your own collection for your own use? I don't get it
- sweetasbro0
there's something fishy in this story, as EMI in Oz was the first to introduce copy-proof CDs (the guinea pig for the rest of the world I guess, funny it doesn't work on all platforms), until I hear the law comming from some more reliable sources and not the record lables - if it were true, how do you think I got my 40Gig iPod? blackmarket?
- SF0
Exactly. How can we have such a law, but still allow the sales of devices purposely made for listening to digital music. The iPod works with iTunes, which as well as being a digital music store (not yet here in oz) also serves as cd ripping software.
I'm not certain but i'd say there are cd ripping softwares you can buy off the shelf here too.
If it is a law, it isnt made very obvious
- melk0
the law in australia states that is against copywright to reproduce the work from the original source onto a different source - ie cd to mp3
however this law is quite old and was originally written in regards of LP (vinyl) to tape when cassettes had started to be massive,
this law is not followed and is generally ignored by judges and lawyers alike.the fact that this point of law existed has only come to light recently as the "copy proof" cds have begun to be manufactured here in australia - you were right about the EMI link.
oh and if you have a mac these "copy proof" cds create 2 disc images on your desktop - one with all the aiffs that apparently can't be copied, and another with a player in it so it can be played on pc's
the software is written for low end pc s so if you have newer technology they definately aint copy proof
- sexypixel0
here we go
http://www.copyright.org.au/PDF/…
- SF0
ok, thanks for the link. A legal doc that isnt impossible to understand.
- sexypixel0
jesus h christ.. we're all criminals
"Giving people access to equipment which they can use to make infringing copies of recorded music could be
“authorising an infringement”: for example, making a CD burner available in a shop to customers without adequate
warnings to customers that they must take full responsibility for getting any necessary copyright clearances before
they use the burner. Similarly, you are likely to be authorising infringements of copyright if you ask a friend with a
CD burner to make you copies of CDs."
- sexypixel0
haha, there is even copyright on the information about copyright...fuckers
"Reproducing this information sheet
You may download and print one copy of this information sheet from our web site for your reference. Otherwise, we
sell printed copies of information sheets to Australian customers for AUD$5.50 each (we may be able to offer a
discounted price for multiple copies of an information sheet)."
- Peter0
That's not the whole asias fault, is it?
;) sorry, whining. Will go now.
- SF0
thats funny