What is it, about ...

[PMN]

it is up to rog to show the way, gentlemen
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I don't follow. What do you mean it's up to Rog to show the way?

 

[cosmicma]

Quite a few years ago, there was someone here who was selling cassettes (look it up youngsters!) of music recorded from the original CD, at car boot sales.

He even had a sign blatently pointing out that they were recorded from the original artists CD.

Because of this, Trading Standards couldn't do anything because he was not committing fraud. He was telling you exactly what it was he was selling.

And as the infringement part of it was a civil offence which only the copyright holder could persue, he was never caught out.

I think Trading Standards got him for something else in the end as what he was doing certainly put him in the spotlight for further investigation!



Steve.

was this before the days of F.A.C.T ( federation against copyright theft established in 1983 ) ?
if anyone was going to prosecute at the time it would have been them

the only place i can recall where the individual copyright holder had to persue each copyright infringement was scotland in england , wales etc it would have been F.A.C.T that prosecuted

there's been that many changes and different bodies handling copyright of one description or other over the years it's hard to say who would prosecute today

i have heard similar stories to the one you describe but trading standards usually pass it on to companies like F.A.C.T because at the end of the day it is still an offence under the copyright act because of sales it ends up being a criminal prosecution ( in course of a business )