[Moderator Note: Perhaps no subject earns the moderators more hate mail than when we allow the DML to degenerate into discussions of the law, ESPECIALLY copyright law. If you want to conduct a legal debate the internet provides many excellent forums much more appropriate than the DML. Please please please take your responses to the copyright topic to one of those places. - Mike Substelny, DML moderator of the week] Bob, I am going to jump in briefly.. I know many of us are guilty of this but keep in mind that although you can record anything off the TV for personal use, the moment you recompile it and distribute it you are violating federal copyright law. Every photo or video is copyrighted at creation automatically. The photo/videographer is the automatic copyright holder unless it is a "work for hire" in which case the cameraman's employer holds the copyright. At one time you needed to file for copyright and although you still can, it is no longer required. So you see, those videos are not your own creations unless you actually shot the footage. Steve #2700 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ROBLAMROCK@xxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [DML] DeLorean Sports Car DVD on Ebay > Well, none of my videos features any of this footage. > All of my material is American based morning talk shows featuring John > DeLorean, > other than the original DMC commercial, and the dealer commercials. > I don't sell any other videos other than my own creations. > Just to let you know. > - Videobob > [very long quote snipped by moderator] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/