Hi folks,
I think this'll probably sound like a very stupid question, but I'm rather new to trading stuff and so forth. Also, if this has been asked before, I apologise. I don't have a lot of time to check this forum to see if anyone else has asked this.
Basically, I would like to know about the legalities of burning and posting. I have a copy of an early U2 performance (forgotten the date (81 or 82, anyhow), but it's from the Malibu Club, Lido Beach, NY), and someone I know in America would like a copy (I live in Australia). I don't have a CD burner, so I asked a friend who does have one if he could burn it for me so that I could post it, but he refuses to because he believes it's illegal. Because this particular recording has been copywritten by the company that put the concert on the CD (I don't see how they can copyright it when it's unauthorised by U2), he says that if I were to post it to America, odds are that it'll get checked and he'll get caught for piracy or something like that.
Is this true? Can I safely burn (or get someone to burn) this CD and send it to the person I know in America, or not?
Thanks for any help.
- Andre
I think this'll probably sound like a very stupid question, but I'm rather new to trading stuff and so forth. Also, if this has been asked before, I apologise. I don't have a lot of time to check this forum to see if anyone else has asked this.
Basically, I would like to know about the legalities of burning and posting. I have a copy of an early U2 performance (forgotten the date (81 or 82, anyhow), but it's from the Malibu Club, Lido Beach, NY), and someone I know in America would like a copy (I live in Australia). I don't have a CD burner, so I asked a friend who does have one if he could burn it for me so that I could post it, but he refuses to because he believes it's illegal. Because this particular recording has been copywritten by the company that put the concert on the CD (I don't see how they can copyright it when it's unauthorised by U2), he says that if I were to post it to America, odds are that it'll get checked and he'll get caught for piracy or something like that.
Is this true? Can I safely burn (or get someone to burn) this CD and send it to the person I know in America, or not?
Thanks for any help.
- Andre