From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V9 #39 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Monday, March 29 2004 Volume 09 : Number 039 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: copyright issue [kathryn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:18:58 -0800 (PST) From: kathryn Subject: Re: Alloy: copyright issue I'm extremely late and haven't posted in months.. but I was just thinking about a Dolby DVD today. It would be wonderful to be able to see my favourite videos whenever I wanted! I can't find the old video EP anywhere. I'll try contacting someone, anyone, and see if we can't get this thing going! - -kathryn. - --- Robin Thurlow wrote: > > I've just been writing to Thomas regarding a > copyright issue one of our Alloy members mentioned > to me. > > Thomas has asked that I might make his disapproval > of this practice known here at Alloy. The Alloy > member who asked me about the issue had mentioned a > person who is running a business making and selling > pirate copies of out-of-print videos converted into > DVDs. > > The issue is one that has come up in the past, but > there are so many twists and turns that people keep > bringing up, my mind is now very muddled in the ways > of legal situations where professional artists are > concerned. I needed Thomas' clarity & experience, > which he very kindly contributed. > > Thomas restates the fact that it is of course > illegal for anyone to be making and selling DVDs > from copyrighted material in the first place, and > also, anyone buying such materials is handling > stolen goods. Thomas also makes the point that the > material is out-of-print, but could go into a > reprint, if the demand were high enough. If this > demand is already being met by pirates dealing in > stolen material and as a result the fans are not > asking the publishers for it, then there is little > hope of official reissue, and any resulting > publicity and revenue for the artist will be > unrealized. In this way piracy of out-of-print works > does in fact harm the artist. > > It seems to me that if we want certain materials, > the best thing we can do for the artist is to not go > through a pirate, but instead to contact the > publishers of the original works and make it known > that there is an audience eager to see this materal > re-released. > > I'm glad the issue came up, because I had always > been unclear about the status of certain > out-of-print materal and the effect that marketing > these materials might have on the artist. We > traditionally buy out-of-print books, tapes, music, > and so on through used book dealers, and the artists > does not see the revenue from these individual sales > of original prints of the work. But outright piracy > - making multiple copies of the material and selling > them on the mass-market - is an entirely different > monster. It is of course discouraged and certainly > shouldn't be participated in. We should instead go > straight to the publishers and nag them without > mercy to re-release Thomas' materials. Good for > them, good for Thomas and good for us. > > xx > ~robin > Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V9 #39 **************************