Piracy's legality???

[iMav]

I am not sure of this but i read some where that personal use of for example say a movie is not wrong but what is illegal is distribution ....... what does indian law say about it

[tuxfan]

If you "buy" orignial VCD/DVD/ACD of a movie and then copy it for your friends, etc. then that copying is illegal.

[iMav]

so in other words distribution is illegal if i am the friend who gets a copied vcd i am not doing anything illegal but something 'un-ethical' thats all???

[maverickrohan]

the funny thing is, when used to get casettes made to order in the same fashion, no one called it piracy ...

[tuxfan]

Originally Posted by mAV3

so in other words distribution is illegal if i am the friend who gets a copied vcd i am not doing anything illegal but something 'un-ethical' thats all???

What are you saying? Read my post carefully!! If you "buy" then its legal but any copy of that legal work is illegal!!

[dheeraj_kumar]

i borrow books from teachers, copy them using my copier, is taht illegal?

[Vyasram]

u can copy a few pages but not an entire book

[maindola]

Its sometimes clearly mentioned in the book whether you can copy and distribute the content or not....

As far as DVDs are considered legally you can make a copy of it (for personal use).....

[ramprasad]

regarding books, some of the colleges even have prevented from being copied inside their campus....

regarding audio cassettes, even making a copy is supposed to be ILLEGAL

[roby_is_cool]

hey bro, take my advice, copy or do anything but plz. don't sell them or distribute them publicly to avoid being catched by the anti-piracy department.