How do I prove it's a legal copy?
- February 24, 2006 @ 3:50pmHapkidoDragon says:After reading a bit on copyright laws. It seems that renting out your personal DVD's is ok as long as they are legal copies. My question is how do we prove that they are legal copies?
Does just having the box count as proof of ownership for that particular copy? What if I rent it out? I no longer have the box in my possession the renter does. Does that mean technically that I am violating the law?
Also what about DVD's that you purchase that have no marking on them whatsoever? Case in point. I purchased training DVD's direct from a small publisher of self defense videos. The DVD's sent to me from them (remember this is direct from the publisher) have no markings and definitely seem to be produced on a home computer. How would I go about proving that these are "legitimate legal" copies if it ever came down to it?
Thanks. - February 25, 2006 @ 9:47amMFakouri says:Hi, HapkidoDragon.
You posed many questions in your email. I'm just going to address your last paragraph here. You wrote:
Also what about DVD's that you purchase that have no marking on them whatsoever? Case in point. I purchased training DVD's direct from a small publisher of self defense videos. The DVD's sent to me from them (remember this is direct from the publisher) have no markings and definitely seem to be produced on a home computer. How would I go about proving that these are "legitimate legal" copies if it ever came down to it?
My reaction is to advise you to keep all proof of this transaction, such as a credit card receipt, invoice or shipping order. Make sure that these documents have the date(s) of transaction on them. I can't make any guarantees about your situation, but it won't hurt to keep these documents.
-MFakouri
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