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>Subject: RE: #5761 Legal issues regarding conversion of PAL video to NTSC
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Jeffrey,

As a person who used to copy massive amounts of video and audio product, my
understanding of this area of the law was:  If you convert, you must retain
the original in a way that keeps it  from any type of circulation.  This
way, you are only circulating the converted copy.

Ron Bergmann

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Subject: #5761 Legal issues regarding conversion of PAL video to NTSC


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>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:50:23 -0400
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>Subject: Legal issues regarding conversion of PAL video to NTSC
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Hello,

I have been informed that it is not legal to convert video from PAL or SECAM
to NTSC without permission of the
copyright holder.  That is, under US copyright law, converting a PAL or
SECAM video to NTSC constitutes a copy
procedure.  I was wondering if others on the list could shed some light on
this problem.  Specifically,

1. Has anyone tried to obtain permission to do these conversions for
European film titles and if so, how
difficult was it to obtain permission?

2. Under what conditions may one do conversions without violating copyright
laws?

Thanks,
Jeffrey La Favre
Coordinator of the Language Learning Center
John Carroll University

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