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''There are occasions when parts of a work still under [[Copyright]] [and [[Disney Owns This Trope|trademark]]] may be legally used or copied even without the copyright holder's permission.'' |
''There are occasions when parts of a work still under [[Copyright]] [and [[Disney Owns This Trope|trademark]]] may be legally used or copied even without the copyright holder's permission.'' |
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* The Supreme Court declared VCRs—and by extension DVRs—to be fair use (provided that the copies are limited to personal noncommercial use), even though the use is the entire copy of the work, basically because the purpose isn't to deny the copyright owner revenue (the shows are provided to the user either free or as part of their subscription if it's a pay service) and (as stated before) it's for the consumer's personal use and is not being done for commercial purposes. ''Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.'', 464 U.S. 417 (1984). (What is ironic now is that Sony is basically on both sides of this issue, since they make video recording devices ''and'' operate studios.) |
* The Supreme Court declared VCRs—and by extension DVRs—to be fair use (provided that the copies are limited to personal noncommercial use), even though the use is the entire copy of the work, basically because the purpose isn't to deny the copyright owner revenue (the shows are provided to the user either free or as part of their subscription if it's a pay service) and (as stated before) it's for the consumer's personal use and is not being done for commercial purposes. ''Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.'', 464 U.S. 417 (1984). (What is ironic now is that Sony is basically on both sides of this issue, since they make video recording devices ''and'' operate studios.) |
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