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Audio Format Shifting To Be OK'd In New Zealand
Bloodrage writes "The New Zealand government is about to define a small part of the rights assumed by the 'fair use' clause in the Copyright Act 1994. Essentially they are going to protect the consumers' rights to convert media from one format to another for personal use, making it clearly legal to transfer tracks from a commercial CD to a mix-CD, MP3 player, PDA, PC, 8-track, or tuned array of hummingbirds. NZ law already makes it clear that gifting or reselling items includes a transfer all of rights, including copyright, warantee, and licencing agreements, so providing your original is the genuine article you're not a criminal. An article in the The Dominion Post gives an outline of the responses from the recording industry and why the government is considering it. It boils down to; this is 'fair use' and don't argue, and that the government can't see how the alternative could be (affordably) enforced."
First legalized prostitution, and now this. ;-)
Howard is a fucking idiot. Vote latham!
well, if your burned CD gets stolen, you distributed a copy, even if you didn't intended to.
Before all you geeks get any ideas, NZ is a right crap place. The Govt is bloody awfull, the weather is terrible, and despite what you think you know, LOTR was actually made on the moon.
We don't want any more to migrate here, the place is OK as it is.
... or tuned array of hummingbirds.
You mean, a tuned array of Kiwis?
Sometimes I wish I was a plumber, then I'd know how to deal with other people's shit.
You're one of top two least corrupt nations on the planet, one of the top three on economic freedom, press freedom is high and you made the most successful film trilogy of all time. So we have to annoy you somehow...
I suppose overclocking them is out of the question.
You mean tentacles, right?
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We should be seeing this in the near future then:
Dear Kazaa Users,
our headquarters have permanently shifted from Australia to New Zealand. We are proud and happy to be able to legally provide you with our services.
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Fair use of a sheep, hmmm...
Can I let my friend borrow my sheep? Yes.
Can I make a copy of my sheep for my friend? Yes, but not legally.
Reminds me of the joke:
Aussie: "Do you shear you sheep over in NZ?"
Kiwi: "No, get your own damn sheep!"
Disclaimer: Yes, I am a NZer.
Right on, sister! "Intellectual Property" is a purely male concept intended to coerce women into delegating their birthrights to the testostocrats. Women were born to care, to share, to nurture, and to create; whereas the male was only born to control and to destroy. So the male-dominated music industry {with its shameful treatment of [especially young and vulnerable] women} would naturally seek to prevent women from exercising their right to make music and share it with other women.
We should be working to establish a women's musical collective wherein women can share the songs they have written about the struggle against male oppression with other women. We also should be seeking to encourage the use of non-phallic microphones in recording.
Johnny Cochran could probably turn that into an entrapment suit if NZ law sufficiently resembles US law....
...you can send it in and have it replaced FREE, plus a "modest shipping and handling charge" ...
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They already have that method in place. Shipping is FREE, and you don't even have to send in your original.
You just go down to the local CD store and pay the modest $19.95 'handling charge' when you pick out your replacement.
If the model you want is obsolete, or no longer in stock, you can choose a replacement of 'equal or greater value'.
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The land of the free is also a former British colony.
I have to say that the ones I saw in Auckland were quite beautiful and had very soft wool.
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