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The punishment for violating that provision "wilfully and for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain" are a fine of up to $500,000 and/or imprisonment for 5 years. And this is why there are no US companies selling DVD ripping software. This doesn't mean that DVD ripping software isn't available for sale to US citizens, as it may not be illegal in the home countries of the firms selling it. (It isn't in Canada, for instance, at least until the next copyright bill there passes.) |
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03-23-2012, 06:52 AM | #108 | |
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The "allowed for personal use" is (in my opinion) a little strongly worded for what I've seen of the DMCA. I would suggest "it may not be technically illegal" would be closer to the mark, since there are still issues there with regard to violating the license that you have technically agreed to when you made the purchase (but there's an old, and very long, thread that goes into that aspect elsewhere on this forum). |
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I'm guessing that those tools mentioned above are sold from another country. That you are able to send them money online and download the software is another matter entirely. |
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Hold on - you mean people pay for ripping software? It's included in my operating system.
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Well four of them are registered at Godaddy.com which is an American company.
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Godaddy is a Domain name registrar. They do also host websites, but I was referring to the fact that the domains are registered with Godaddy.
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That a domain name is registered/hosted with a US company or whether a web site is hosted/served by a US company is neither here nor there in this instance. The question is, in which country is the company selling the product based? Which country's laws does it have to obey? None of them are based in the US. Or if they are, they are liable to criminal prosecution. |
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If a website is Hosted by an American company, Godaddy, in this example, then they are renting space on servers which are based on American soil. They would then come under American law as far as copyright infringement is concerned. This I know for a fact because I rent servers in Texas and although I am based in Europe, have to abide by American Jurisprudence. What I am not sure of is: If a website is registered by an American company (Godaddy) but the website owners are based outside of America, they are governed by the same American laws. Common sense tells me that they would be, but then Common Sense and Law don't go hand in hand. |
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03-23-2012, 11:19 AM | #119 | |
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But for a sale of software, I think it's the location of the company that's important, as (in general) the US can't prosecute people who aren't in the US. Of course, given the Skylarov precedent, if I was part of a company selling DVD ripping software, I would be hesitant about visiting the US. |
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Anyway, I feel that I've hogged this post long enough and taken it slightly off topic, so as Father of the Forum I bow to your knowledge and exit stage left. |
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