Can I Link To Coyrighted Images.

**vivitron 15** · 08-03-2003, 10:29 PM

ok, im sorry if i wasnt clear in my point...

what i was trying to say is that an mp3 is in fact the computers interpretation of a song...it is not sound waves which travel through the lines..

so in summary, if we find a comic on another webpage, we may link direct to it?

**J'Pol** · 08-03-2003, 10:36 PM

A CD is not music, it is a digital file. Encoded as bumps on a "disc"

An audio tape is not music, it is data contained within an electromagnetic medium.

Old Style records are not music they are groves and bumps within a piece of plastic.

The point is that none of this is music, until you decode it. Therefore your MP3 on the hard drive is the same as anything else.

Anyway, the DPA describes any electronically stored data as a document, with the same copyright rules applying to it as to a book or other type of document.

**vivitron 15** · 08-03-2003, 11:15 PM

now im being very faececious (dont try to spell that after a few)

The point is that none of this is music, until you decode it. Therefore your MP3 on the hard drive is the same as anything else.

k, but how do i know that my decoder is decoding it the same as someone elses?

if i dl a film in divX format, without having installed the codec, then i have done nothing wrong, as it is not a film till its decoded?

**J'Pol** · 08-03-2003, 11:16 PM

What if you buy a pirate dvd but you don't have a dvd player.

**vivitron 15** · 08-03-2003, 11:24 PM

exactly..or even if you promise not to play it...do they have to prove that the film has been decoded? (i.e. played)

**J'Pol** · 08-03-2003, 11:29 PM

No - it's a balance of probability thing.

The Court would consider the actions of a reasonable man.

Why does a reasonable man spend £10 on a dvd. It's not for a posh coaster. He intends to watch it.

Remember it's not a beyond reasonable doubt question. It's a what would YOU buy it for question.

So why did you download the file. To store it but not listen to it . I think not.

Your argument, though attractive, has no legal basis.

**vivitron 15** · 08-03-2003, 11:38 PM

ah, i realise it wouldnt exactly stand up in court, but

how do i know that my decoder is decoding it the same as someone elses?

really though, if i play an avi without the codec, i get one thing; if i decode with i get another....do you see what im sorta saying; i could have a purpose to decode it "improperly" ....anyway, i think ill stop being daft here, cos although i am enjoying the argument i fear the lounge is looming, cos our mate lamsey is gettin annoyed on SS chat

**J'Pol** · 08-03-2003, 11:43 PM

I think Lamey may be in serious tidy-up mode.

That generally means the lounge gets full of detritus in short order.

Hi guys, how are you doing. Hope you all had a look at the viz site.