If you said you have stopped it then im sure you have, but as you have previously said
I've been told that even if you trash your emails in Gmail, they still remain...
which is more then likely true. The records of your illegal activity still remain, there for you should be very nervous the next you get a phone call or someone knocks on the door .(knock, knock )
If you said you have stopped it then im sure you have, but as you have previously said
which is more then likely true. The records of your illegal activity still remain, there for you should be very nervous the next you get a phone call or someone knocks on the door .(knock, knock
)
But that also means that if anyone sends a copywrited audio track to someone else, with or without that person's approval, the receiver becomes liable, even if they remove it the second it comes. So I doubt that I would be prosecuted for that.
Also, Google is known for doing everything in their power to not share their information with authorities; and when I say their information, I mean the information they have gathered from others, which would include Gmail accounts. In case you were curious, with all the audio removed, I'm still using 496 MB (18%) of my mailbox, so the audio portion was a (relatively) small part of the used storage.
You say Google does everything in there power to keep user information private and that is more then likely correct. The problem comes when you assume it wont be Google knocking on your door, i mean its there system you are using or have used for illegal means.
Taken from Gmail terms of use
You shall not, shall not agree to, and shall not authorize or encourage any third party to: (i) use the Service to upload, transmit or otherwise distribute any content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, abusive, fraudulent, obscene, contains viruses, or is otherwise objectionable as reasonably determined by Google; (ii) upload, transmit or otherwise distribute content that infringes upon another party's intellectual property rights or other proprietary,
"knock knock"
This actually varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Some countries explicitly allow backup copies provided they aren't used at the same time as the original. Also, in Canada it is legal to copy music for the private use of the person who makes the copy, but we have a levy on blank audio recording media to compensate authors, performers and makers who own copyright in eligible sound recordings being copied for private use.It is also illegal to make copy's of music and dvd's for any reason i.e. as a backup for the original media.
Do you know if it is legal to make archival backups of your DVDs in the USA? I have done so with my favorites, because when I lend the originals to friends, they often-times get scratched up pretty good. It's always nice to have a backup, and you would think since I paid for it, I should be able to do that.
Do you know the rulings as far as that goes?
I'm not sure about US law. AFAIK, US law generally allows private use/backup copies of legally purchased music and games/software but the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) states that it's illegal to break the CSS copy-protection mechanism employed by most commercial DVD movies and seems to indicate that you cannot make a copy of a commercial DVD even for personal use. I don't know if your courts have made a definitive ruling on the matter.
You could ask a lawyer or your local librarian. I'm not kidding ... this is a major issue for libraries because they, like you, want to backup lending materials in case of damage.
You could ask a lawyer or your local librarian. I'm not kidding ... this is a major issue for libraries because they, like you, want to backup lending materials in case of damage.
Thanks for the information! Our library has lots of DVDs and CDs that people can check out, so that might not be a bad idea.