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dominik81
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2026 4:17 pm Post subject: Copying TV rips (Germany) |
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| Please consider the following scenario: I live in Germany and rip a German TV show straight from TV to my hard drive. Am I allowed to give copies of this show to my friends? Am I allowed to share them over the internet? May I receive such copies from friends of mine? Is this the same with TV rips from other countries? |
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Olli
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2026 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Copying TV rips (Germany) |
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My opinion on this matter:
> Am I allowed to give copies of this show to my friends? <
Yes, because this is "private use" of copyrighted material you rightfully own.
> Am I allowed to share them over the internet? <
No, because you offer copyrighted material to people outside your "social surrounding".
> May I receive such copies from friends of mine? <
Yes, and as you have received copyrighted material rightfully, you may share it with your friends as well.
> Is this the same with TV rips from other countries? <
I believe the country does not matter. If you have received it as a gift from your friend, all is fine.
Just my opinion.... |
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2025 12:34 am Post subject: what exactly is your "social surrounding" |
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1.Would such transfers be legal if you sent it to a person who you commonly contact on the internet, however you do not know in person?
2.What if you only talked to them a couple times?
3.One time?
4.Somebody who you havn't talked directly to, but is also a member the same chat forum which you are a member of?
5.What if the community is more of a file sharing community of people who do not necessarily meet in person, but converse electronically?
Basically what I am asking is, What is considered to be your "social surrounding"? (btw, I live in the US so, I'm not familiar whith the intricacies of European copyright laws) |
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Olli
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2025 8:25 am Post subject: Re: what exactly is your "social surrounding" |
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| Anonymous wrote: | 1.Would such transfers be legal if you sent it to a person who you commonly contact on the internet, however you do not know in person?
2.What if you only talked to them a couple times?
3.One time?
4.Somebody who you havn't talked directly to, but is also a member the same chat forum which you are a member of?
5.What if the community is more of a file sharing community of people who do not necessarily meet in person, but converse electronically?
Basically what I am asking is, What is considered to be your "social surrounding"? (btw, I live in the US so, I'm not familiar whith the intricacies of European copyright laws) |
I would say this depends on the judge, if such a case comes to trial.
My understanding is, that "social surrounding" must be someone you have personal contact (family member, good personal friends, maybe co-worker or schoolmate, maybe a neighbour), so you must know him in person.
So, all "no" to your questions.
(Disclaimer: I am no lawer, I have no idea what I am talking about... blabla...) |
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Robin van Lieshout
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| Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2025 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Here in the Netherlands your "social surrounding" is VERY restricted and only applies to family and people who you consider family.
However you are talking about a US situation. In the US you have the "fair use" method to determine if something is "fair use". Maybe a little search on google could find more info on this.
(I'm no lawyer also!) |
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