menthol opened this issue on Aug 25, 2007 · 79 posts
pjz99 posted Mon, 27 August 2007 at 7:49 AM
Quote - Saving something to your computer for your eyes only is not a copyright infringement.
I hate to contradict you, but in most places, that's wrong. Canada does seem to be the exception here though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law
Quote - Interestingly, Canada stands out by authorizing, at least until the projected copyright reform, downloads on peer-to-peer networks under the "private copying" exception.
The web browser caching business notwithstanding (and I agree, that is a rather silly real-world example of how impractical it can be to enforce this kind of law) it stops being "fair use" when you copy and keep copyrighted material on purpose.
Quote - Copyright violation involves the unauthorized alteration, reproduction, or distribution of images.
That's really not the way the US and EU law works, or reads, or has been carried out in many countries.