c’est la vie

First of all, I never used bt before.

I think the software per se is not offending the law but how people use it.  However, Bt by itself might have created a medium for people to infringe copyright.

I am wondering how the line should be drawn.  I am thinking from a layman’s point of view…

- If I brought a DVD, I copied it and sell it to someone else.  Of course it offends the privacy law. 

- If I brought a DVD, I copied it and lend it to my friend.  Is there a problem?

- If I brought a DVD, I lend it to my friend after I finished watching it, is it infringing copyright?

- If I brought a DVD, I ask my friends to come to my home and we watch it together… I think that should be alright?  We are not told how many licences are there unterlied in a DVD copy, I guess.

- If I brought a DVD, I ask my friends to come to my home.  And I charge each of them a small fee…

- If I brought a DVD, I ask my friends to come to my home, and I ask each of them to buy me dinner later on.

- If I missed a TV program and I ask my friend to record it for me…

- If I finished watching the tape and lend it to my friend…

OK, the inventor of bt said that he wrote the program was aiming at people sharing the document but not expecting people to use it as a medium to infringe copyright.  It’s all about sharing.  I remember mama told me when I was a little girl that we have to share our toys with our friends.

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