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VandorLee 07/04/19 9:59:52 PM #1:	Its like pirates looking for a loophole. --- "God didn't create humans, no, it's humans who created God." Dr. Londes, Cowboy Bebop: "Brain Scratch" (#1.23) (1999) <cite>VandorLee posted [p:924258895] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>Its like pirates looking for a loophole.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheVipaGTS 07/04/19 10:00:33 PM #2:	Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own. --- Dallas Cowboys: 1 - 1 <cite>TheVipaGTS posted [p:924258921] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VandorLee 07/04/19 10:01:16 PM #3:	No its not. Literally. --- "God didn't create humans, no, it's humans who created God." Dr. Londes, Cowboy Bebop: "Brain Scratch" (#1.23) (1999) <cite>VandorLee posted [p:924258944] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>No its not. Literally.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 07/04/19 10:01:59 PM #4:	I have TC tagged as "not a serious person" --- "I play with myself" - Darklit_Minuet, 2018 <cite>Garioshi posted [p:924258972] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>I have TC tagged as "not a serious person"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightHawKnight 07/04/19 10:03:01 PM #5:	TheVipaGTS posted... Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own. --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." <cite>LightHawKnight posted [p:924259014] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheVipaGTS posted...</cite> <quote>Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 07/04/19 10:05:57 PM #6:	Garioshi posted... I have TC tagged as "not a serious person" I have him tagged as "???". No idea why. I have no system in place --- Name checks out https://i.imgtc.ws/vBF8odT.png <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:924259128] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>Garioshi posted...</cite> <quote>I have TC tagged as "not a serious person"</quote> I have him tagged as "???". No idea why. I have no system in place</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
saspa 07/04/19 10:06:10 PM #7:	What's actually weird is that while it's not legal to pirate a video game for free, it's also not legal to go into a store and steal that very same video game without paying for it. Just one of those things. --- https://imgur.com/0UFI0T9 <cite>saspa posted [p:924259133] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>What's actually weird is that while it's not legal to pirate a video game for free, it's also not legal to go into a store and steal that very same video game without paying for it. Just one of those things.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 07/04/19 10:06:22 PM #8:	LightHawKnight posted... TheVipaGTS posted... Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own. You do not own the data of a game, ripping it for any reason is a copyright violation --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:924259140] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>LightHawKnight posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TheVipaGTS posted...</cite> <quote>Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own.</quote></quote> You do not own the data of a game, ripping it for any reason is a copyright violation</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightHawKnight 07/04/19 10:07:36 PM #9:	Irony posted... LightHawKnight posted... TheVipaGTS posted... Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own. You do not own the data of a game, ripping it for any reason is a copyright violation No it is not. As long as it is for personal use, as a backup if your original fails you are fine. The moment you sell, or give it away to someone, then you are violating copyright. --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." <cite>LightHawKnight posted [p:924259186] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>Irony posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LightHawKnight posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TheVipaGTS posted...</cite> <quote>Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own.</quote></quote> You do not own the data of a game, ripping it for any reason is a copyright violation</quote> No it is not. As long as it is for personal use, as a backup if your original fails you are fine. The moment you sell, or give it away to someone, then you are violating copyright.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheVipaGTS 07/04/19 10:09:39 PM #11:	Irony posted... LightHawKnight posted... TheVipaGTS posted... Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own. You do not own the data of a game, ripping it for any reason is a copyright violation Nah if its for personal use its perfectly fine to do so. if you sell it or give a copy away to someone else its illegal, but if i just make a back up of a DVD or CD to keep in my home and use myself its 100% legal. --- Dallas Cowboys: 1 - 1 <cite>TheVipaGTS posted [p:924259261] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>Irony posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LightHawKnight posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TheVipaGTS posted...</cite> <quote>Its legal to make personal use copies of anything you own.</quote></quote> You do not own the data of a game, ripping it for any reason is a copyright violation</quote> Nah if its for personal use its perfectly fine to do so. if you sell it or give a copy away to someone else its illegal, but if i just make a back up of a DVD or CD to keep in my home and use myself its 100% legal.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VandorLee 07/04/19 10:15:54 PM #12:	Dvd, pc software, music and console video games do not all follow one rule and console video games are the strictist that i cant even work out how a legal back up is possible. --- "God didn't create humans, no, it's humans who created God." Dr. Londes, Cowboy Bebop: "Brain Scratch" (#1.23) (1999) <cite>VandorLee posted [p:924259469] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>Dvd, pc software, music and console video games do not all follow one rule and console video games are the strictist that i cant even work out how a legal back up is possible.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Caelthus 07/04/19 10:20:59 PM #14:	SauI_Goodman posted... I borrow stuff from the library all the time. For music I rip it to my itunes and for movies I put it on a stick so I can watch it later on the big screen. As long as you aren't making money you're alright. At least that's my interpretation of it. This is incorrect - you cannot use your backups under any circumstance other than the original media becoming unusable/defunct. Also, borrowing stuff from a library and ripping it is explicitly illegal. There's no grey area there. --- http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/3853476/ Neo Yokio is a masterpiece. - Popcorn_Fairy <cite>Caelthus posted [p:924259673] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>SauI_Goodman posted...</cite> <quote>I borrow stuff from the library all the time. For music I rip it to my itunes and for movies I put it on a stick so I can watch it later on the big screen. As long as you aren't making money you're alright. At least that's my interpretation of it.</quote> This is incorrect - you cannot use your backups under any circumstance other than the original media becoming unusable/defunct. Also, borrowing stuff from a library and ripping it is explicitly illegal. There's no grey area there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 07/04/19 10:23:48 PM #15:	(c) the person, in order to make the reproduction, did not circumvent, as defined in section 41, a technological protection measure, as defined in that section, or cause one to be circumvented; and So its not illegal in letter, but totally illegal in every practical scenario where youd want to make one lol. Except music CDs I guess. --- https://i.imgtc.com/8ePXf9B.gif If Yamcha would have brought his bat along he'd have blasted Jiren out of the ring like Ness in smash brothers. - Gids_goft <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:924259765] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><quote>(c) the person, in order to make the reproduction, did not circumvent, as defined in section 41, a technological protection measure, as defined in that section, or cause one to be circumvented; and</quote> So its not illegal in letter, but totally illegal in every practical scenario where youd want to make one lol. Except music CDs I guess.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VandorLee 07/04/19 10:24:03 PM #16:	Im not sure legal backups on current consoles is even possible. PC maybe. --- "God didn't create humans, no, it's humans who created God." Dr. Londes, Cowboy Bebop: "Brain Scratch" (#1.23) (1999) <cite>VandorLee posted [p:924259773] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>Im not sure legal backups on current consoles is even possible. PC maybe.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 07/04/19 10:24:28 PM #17:	Caelthus posted... SauI_Goodman posted... I borrow stuff from the library all the time. For music I rip it to my itunes and for movies I put it on a stick so I can watch it later on the big screen. As long as you aren't making money you're alright. At least that's my interpretation of it. other than the original media becoming unusable/defunct. It's unusable when you return it to the library. --- Currently playing: Super Metroid (snes), Murdered: Soul Suspect (xbox1) <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:924259789] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>Caelthus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SauI_Goodman posted...</cite> <quote>I borrow stuff from the library all the time. For music I rip it to my itunes and for movies I put it on a stick so I can watch it later on the big screen. As long as you aren't making money you're alright. At least that's my interpretation of it.</quote> other than the original media becoming unusable/defunct. </quote> It's unusable when you return it to the library.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Caelthus 07/04/19 10:28:50 PM #18:	SauI_Goodman posted... Caelthus posted... SauI_Goodman posted... I borrow stuff from the library all the time. For music I rip it to my itunes and for movies I put it on a stick so I can watch it later on the big screen. As long as you aren't making money you're alright. At least that's my interpretation of it. other than the original media becoming unusable/defunct. It's unusable when you return it to the library. Backups become illegal when ownership of an item transfers. You cannot under any circumstance sell an item, and retain the backup. Not to mention you never "owned" it to begin with, which makes that a moot point anyways(i.e, it was never legal to begin with for you to have it). --- http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/3853476/ Neo Yokio is a masterpiece. - Popcorn_Fairy <cite>Caelthus posted [p:924259967] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>SauI_Goodman posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Caelthus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SauI_Goodman posted...</cite> <quote>I borrow stuff from the library all the time. For music I rip it to my itunes and for movies I put it on a stick so I can watch it later on the big screen. As long as you aren't making money you're alright. At least that's my interpretation of it.</quote> other than the original media becoming unusable/defunct. </quote> It's unusable when you return it to the library.</quote> Backups become illegal when ownership of an item transfers. You cannot under any circumstance sell an item, and retain the backup. Not to mention you never "owned" it to begin with, which makes that a moot point anyways(i.e, it was never legal to begin with for you to have it).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 07/04/19 10:30:29 PM #19:	Caelthus posted... SauI_Goodman posted... Caelthus posted... SauI_Goodman posted... I borrow stuff from the library all the time. For music I rip it to my itunes and for movies I put it on a stick so I can watch it later on the big screen. As long as you aren't making money you're alright. At least that's my interpretation of it. other than the original media becoming unusable/defunct. It's unusable when you return it to the library. Backups become illegal when ownership of an item transfers. You cannot under any circumstance sell an item, and retain the backup. Not to mention you never "owned" it to begin with, which makes that a moot point anyways(i.e, it was never legal to begin with for you to have it). Makes sense. Sort of lol. --- Currently playing: Super Metroid (snes), Murdered: Soul Suspect (xbox1) <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:924260012] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>Caelthus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SauI_Goodman posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Caelthus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SauI_Goodman posted...</cite> <quote>I borrow stuff from the library all the time. For music I rip it to my itunes and for movies I put it on a stick so I can watch it later on the big screen. As long as you aren't making money you're alright. At least that's my interpretation of it.</quote> other than the original media becoming unusable/defunct. </quote> It's unusable when you return it to the library.</quote> Backups become illegal when ownership of an item transfers. You cannot under any circumstance sell an item, and retain the backup. Not to mention you never "owned" it to begin with, which makes that a moot point anyways(i.e, it was never legal to begin with for you to have it).</quote> Makes sense. Sort of lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SauI_Goodman 07/04/19 10:35:40 PM #21:	ProfessorKukui posted... Pirating from the library of all places. Shame, shame, shame. I am expecting my moderation any moment. -_- ~~What about my taxes though. I pay for it right?~~ --- Currently playing: Super Metroid (snes), Murdered: Soul Suspect (xbox1) <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:924260188] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote><cite>ProfessorKukui posted...</cite> <quote>Pirating from the library of all places. Shame, shame, shame.</quote> I am expecting my moderation any moment. -_- What about my taxes though. I pay for it right?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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masatofujimoto 07/04/19 10:36:46 PM #23:	lmao --- I can sing a song for you and me, I can make a song for all who feel love. <cite>masatofujimoto posted [p:924260224] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>lmao</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 07/04/19 10:38:40 PM #24:	Who gives a shit if it's legal --- https://i.imgtc.com/e2dtpfR.jpg https://i.imgtc.com/oVB3sDe.jpg <cite>Doe posted [p:924260283] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>Who gives a shit if it's legal</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 07/04/19 10:39:02 PM #25:	I have seen the error of my ways guys. I will only use the library for books from now on. If it makes you feel any better I do still buy cd's and dvds from amazon all the time. The stuff from the library is like the rare stuff that I didn't want to pay $200 to buy like Cleopatra 2025 or whatever it's called. --- Currently playing: Super Metroid (snes), Murdered: Soul Suspect (xbox1) <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:924260295] in Its not le... [t:77841225]...</cite> <quote>I have seen the error of my ways guys. I will only use the library for books from now on. If it makes you feel any better I do still buy cd's and dvds from amazon all the time. The stuff from the library is like the rare stuff that I didn't want to pay $200 to buy like Cleopatra 2025 or whatever it's called.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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