2007-01-06 20:46:55 · 4 answers · asked by Aqua 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No it's theft!!! If you buy a vid and record it and watch the recording you're fine. However, if you record it and sell or even give it away it is theft. You are stealing from the artist(s) who made the film. They put the product out for sale, if you don't buy from them they lose money. It may seem like it's only a little bit of money but if it's $10 and 100 people do it that's $1000 less in their pockets and I don't know about you but if someone did that to my paycheck I'd be pissed!!!
2007-01-06 20:58:29 · answer #1 · answered by erinbrae_erinnbree 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. Most developed countries share treaties respecting, at least on paper, the copyright and patent laws of one another. In other words, if a movie is made and copyrighted in the United States then by treaty it would be a crime for someone in, say, the UK to buy the movie, copy it and then sell it. By the same token, a movie produced and protected in the UK would get you prosecuted in the US for buying, copying and selling it.
2007-01-07 00:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by deus ex machina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
but someone should tell that to china and north korea
2007-01-06 20:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you get caught!
2007-01-06 21:01:05 · answer #4 · answered by marincaligirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋