nessonite said:
Just a note (cause I'm a smartass), the Mona Lisa is pulic domain as is all art that is past a certain age.
The Mona Lisa reproduction, of course.
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I'm not sure, since it's not european law, but before digital millennium act copyright lasted 75 years after the "inventor's" death.
About the ripping thing, I'm not sure everybody think of it as a full fledged crime, since it doesn't look like breaking and entering or threatening somebody with a gun.
Since most find copied contents readily on the web, they assume they can - and have rights to - download it and spread it further.
Threatening downloaders with fines, lawsuits or even jail works to a point - that's my HPOV.
Since it does not SEEM a crime, it would work better to explain rather than punish outright.
It could even work against producers "yelling" at downloaders: anybody remember that thread about Sinclair videos?
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Of course, since this is a public forum - and I can't foretell how ppl will read my words - I'll add I'm not saying anybody yelled at anybody, or ripping somebody is right or legal.
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I've just posted my 2 eurocents on the matter, even if I seem utopistic about it.
Reg's!