>The question that comes to my mind though is
>that if I pay the extra 11 Marks (5 bucks), does
>that alow me to copy illegal music? If not,
>what's the fee for?
It doesn't allow you to copy illegal music, but it is completly legal in germany to borrow an cd from a friend and copy it for private use, to compensate this you pay some money to the GEMA with every recording media you buy.
and something called semicondunctor protection law (which i never heard of before).
Semiconductor protection law is a copyright law for chip designs, it protects firms like intel,amd,nvidia... against stealing of their chip designs. it is forbidden by semiconductor protection law to put an chip under an electron microscope and reproduce it without an license from the original design firm. i think in other country this is simply done with the copyright law.
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>The question that comes to my mind though is
>that if I pay the extra 11 Marks (5 bucks), does
>that alow me to copy illegal music? If not,
>what's the fee for?
It doesn't allow you to copy illegal music, but it is completly legal in germany to borrow an cd from a friend and copy it for private use, to compensate this you pay some money to the GEMA with every recording media you buy.
v=s/t
;).
v*t=s
277m/s * 10 s = 2770 m = 2,7 km
I don't think Seattle is only 2,7 km away from New York
and something called semicondunctor protection law (which i never heard of before). ... against stealing of their chip designs. it is forbidden by semiconductor protection law to put an chip under an electron microscope and reproduce it without an license from the original design firm. i think in other country this is simply done with the copyright law.
Semiconductor protection law is a copyright law for chip designs, it protects firms like intel,amd,nvidia