[Web4lib] Where to invest in music collection.

[Mike Taylor]

Avrum Shepard writes:
>> IF you are making copies of material that is copyrighted, then you
>> may need to keep the originals - not sell them. I would check with
>> someone about this. My understanding of copyright is that you have
>> the right to make "use"copies as long as you own the originals.
>> However, if you sell the originals, your right to have (and
>> circulate) copies may cease. (But I'm not a lawyer...)
>
> Oh my gosh, I really blundered with that suggestion.
> Mr. Irwin is undoubtedly correct.

Actually, he may or may not be -- no-one, and I mean no-one, knows
yet.  This stuff has to be decided by the courts as the law itself is
of course not explicit about scenarios that weren't possible when it
was drafted.  And until there's case law to fall back on, no-one
really knows what the legal position is.  I know it's crazy, but it's
true.

There's a fascinating interview on this subject at Slashdot:
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/13/1627205
the subject of the interview is a lawyer, whose answers are
interesting largely for what they omit.  It's worth skimming the
comments for his own follow-ups: the picture that emerges is very
definitely one of No-One Knows What's Legal Yet.

Good luck, everyone.

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