Talk:Audio Home Recording Act

message: The AHRA:
* Imposes a "royalty" on digital recorders (section 1004(a))
* Imposes a "royalty" on blank digital media (section 1004(b))
* Establishes a procedure for distributing the collected "royalty" to artists, performers, writers, and publishers (sections 1006 and 1007)
* Prohibits infringement action of copyright based on the manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an analog recording device, or an analog recording medium, or based on the noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings. (Section 1008)
* The act failed to define "noncommercial use by a consumer" however "In short, the reported legislation [Section 1008] would clearly establish that consumers cannot be sued for making analog or digital audio copies for private noncommercial use." (House Report No. 102-780(I), August 4, 1992)
(Moved for safekeeping) Iamtfc 17:08, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The last bullet point is interesting, but it seems the final text of the bill, once it got through both chambers of Congress, did not indemnify consumers or declare private, noncommercial copying to be non-infringing. For the last 5 years, the article has incorrectly stated that 17 USC 1008 explicitly protects private, noncommercial copying. A liberal reading of the text may infer such, but it really only explicitly says the makers (and importers/distributors) of "recording devices" and media aren't liable for infringement when consumers use those devices and media to make private, noncommercial copies. It doesn't address whether the making of such copies is protected. I've adjusted the article accordingly. —mjb (talk) 03:42, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

text: For gosh sakes, 8 months ago I was incapable of reading section 1008 as indemnifying consumers, and now I'm incapable of reading it as not indemnifying them. I'm terribly sorry for spreading such misinformation. I've updated the article accordingly. (This doesn't change the fact that only certain types of digital tech are explicitly covered, and I think we've done a good job of pointing that out in the article.) —mjb (talk) 20:52, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
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