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From: andre@nrcvax.UUCP (Andre Hut)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: VHS copying
Message-ID: <453@nrcvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Dec-85 22:17:19 EST
Article-I.D.: nrcvax.453
Posted: Fri Dec 27 22:17:19 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Dec-85 05:36:41 EST
References: <931@ihlpa.UUCP> <8000001@hpfcdj.UUCP>
Reply-To: andre@nrcvax.UUCP (Andre Hut)
Organization: Network Research Research Corp.  Oxnard,CA
Lines: 27

In article <8000001@hpfcdj.UUCP> dgrif@hpfcla.UUCP writes:
>small flame on
>
> Why is it that when someone mentions copying VHS tapes someone else
>jumps to the conclusion that copyright material is being duplicated?
>Maybe the original poster of this note is duplicating pictures of
>his kids for the grandparents! Personally I often copy a tape that
>I have made with a portable VCR and a camera, mostly editing out junk and
>saving a polished, finished product that can be shown to friends, relatives,
>etc. Lighten up and help the guy with what probably is a legitimate request.
>
>flame off.
>

I think the point here was that if there is a copy-guard, it implies
a copyright.  Any any case, anyone who broadcasts to this net (many of
which are government computers) that he is doing anything illegal has
got to be out of his mind.

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