The Be Good Tanyas web site states that Nettwerk Records in Canada is offering to exchange the copy-controlled Be Good Tanyas CDs that EMI released in Canada. Nettwerk is a pretty cool label, and I'm glad to see that they have done this -- let's hope other labels affiliated with EMI follow suit.
As for me, I found that the US version of the Tanyas CD was not copy-controlled, but the Canadian version was, so I bought my copy in the States. The same happened with the new Radiohead CD: it was copy-protected here, but the US version wasn't.
What you say is right on target regarding MP3s, but Napster very much promotes piracy. It is a means for people to copy copyrighted music from one person's computer to another -- what part of that is not blatant piracy?
Missing in this analysis is that it is not illegal to copy music in all countries. For example, Canada amended its Copyrigh Act in 1998 such that it is no longer illegal to copy "musical works" as long as the copying is done for private use. See section 80, as amended, and the explanation of this section. Many/. readers will recall the furor over the copyright levy imposed in Canada, but many missed that the levy was the flip side of legalizing the private copying of musical works. In other words, it is no longer illegal in Canada to copy music for private use, and the levy was put in place in an attempt to compensate artists for private copying that does take place.
Now, the BIG question that remains for Canadians is the following: if I'm in Canada, and I log onto Napster and connect to someone's MP3 files in the USA and download a file, am I subject to Canadian or US copyright laws? Where is the copying taking place?
The specifics on the particular patent in question can be found here. In addition to this patent, see others granted in the US (and one jointly registered in Canada).
Definitely agree with you here -- some of the best scifi is about how lives / society are affected. Morality. Ethical dilemmas. The politics of everyday. Ursula K. LeGuin is particularly adept at this type of scifi.
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The Be Good Tanyas web site states that Nettwerk Records in Canada is offering to exchange the copy-controlled Be Good Tanyas CDs that EMI released in Canada. Nettwerk is a pretty cool label, and I'm glad to see that they have done this -- let's hope other labels affiliated with EMI follow suit. As for me, I found that the US version of the Tanyas CD was not copy-controlled, but the Canadian version was, so I bought my copy in the States. The same happened with the new Radiohead CD: it was copy-protected here, but the US version wasn't.
Missing in this analysis is that it is not illegal to copy music in all countries. For example, Canada amended its Copyrigh Act in 1998 such that it is no longer illegal to copy "musical works" as long as the copying is done for private use. See section 80, as amended, and the explanation of this section. Many /. readers will recall the furor over the copyright levy imposed in Canada, but many missed that the levy was the flip side of legalizing the private copying of musical works. In other words, it is no longer illegal in Canada to copy music for private use, and the levy was put in place in an attempt to compensate artists for private copying that does take place.
Now, the BIG question that remains for Canadians is the following: if I'm in Canada, and I log onto Napster and connect to someone's MP3 files in the USA and download a file, am I subject to Canadian or US copyright laws? Where is the copying taking place?
The specifics on the particular patent in question can be found here.
In addition to this patent, see others granted in the US (and one jointly registered in Canada).
System and method for processing date-dependent information which spans one or two centuries
System and method for modifying and operating a computer system to perform date operations on date fields spanning centuries
Method and apparatus for recording and reading date data having coexisting formats
Two-digit hybrid radix year numbers for year 2000 and beyond
System for converting programs and databases to correct year 2000 processing errors
Canadian patent: System and method for identifying and correcting computer operations involving two digit year dates. This patent is also registered in the US as Patent #5,808,889.
Definitely agree with you here -- some of the best scifi is about how lives / society are affected. Morality. Ethical dilemmas. The politics of everyday. Ursula K. LeGuin is particularly adept at this type of scifi.
Oh, yes ... I can see the makings of an April 1 submission here.
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