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>From: Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5761.1 Legal issues regarding conversion of PAL video to NTSC (!)

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I'm with Bruce on this one, and here's the reason: If you retain the 
original, what do you do if the copy is lost or damaged? I'm thinking 
that it is NOT legal to retain originals and circulate copies, making 
fresh ones as needed. That is not, IMO, the spirit of the law. I do 
make conversions, but destroy the original. That way the person who 
bought one tape has one tape, with its built-in life-span. When that 
expires, it's time to buy a new tape.

Ursula "Better Safe than Sorry" Williams
University of Notre Dame
(where "sorry" really means "sorry")

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>  >Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:46:02 -0400
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>  >Subject: Re:  #5761 Legal issues regarding conversion of PAL video to NTSC
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>As I understand it, you do not have to seek out permission to do a
>conversion from one video standard to another provided that you destroy
>the copy from which you do the conversion.
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>Bruce Parkhurst
>Boston University