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L.C.E.C. on 12 August 2009
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KylieDog said:
L.C.E.C. said:


If you ever tapes a show on TV onto a VHS, you are committing copyright infringement.
If you record tapes of your radio station, you are committing copyright infringement.

 

Wrong.

 

I once researched the law relating this this many years ago.  You are legally allowed to record songs or TV shows/movies from TV.   However law states you are only allowed to watch them from the recording once, after that you are meant to record over them or wipe the tape.


That changed about 3 years ago: http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/new-laws-to-limit-use-of-tv-recording/2006/05/14/1147545211338.html, before it was completely illegal... (and it still makes .wav's illegal to rip from CD's, but not mp3's, ect, and made DVD-Ripping illegal as well) Anyway, there are still more that can be added to the list. You still get my point. Everyone on this site has done one of the things on the list (and maybe one of the two things in that quote when they were illegal), and it is hippocritical.