[Destro]

-you are taking a conversation I had out of context. If I photocopy a chapter of a book (or a whole book) at the library - is that copyright infringement? I am not selling it. So what is that? and does that example of the print media apply or not to the audio/visual media?

Also I would like to know -- have copyrights become perpetual? I know in Europe the copyrights of many recorded music from the early Rock and Roll era is up or soon to be.

[wizzler]

Hi there.

Yes, photocopying a book is copyright infringement. It doesn't matter whether or not you sell it.

Copyrights have not become perpetual, no. But they have been extended by Congress, a move that has ignited much debate about the ideal length for copyrights. That is a separate issue, however, and doesn't have anything to do with the legality or illegality of downloading.